Thomas Donlon intends to file a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams and retired NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard. He alleges the two coordinated a public character assassination in retaliation for his whistleblower lawsuit, which exposed significant corruption within the NYPD. This notice of claim cites false public statements about Donlon's mental fitness, claiming the remarks aimed to discredit and undermine his credibility as a whistleblower. Moreover, he contends these comments weaponized mental health to silence him and protect corruption, demanding full legal remedies if unresolved.
Donlon claims Adams and Sheppard made false statements about his mental fitness, aiming to discredit him in retaliation for his whistleblower lawsuit alleging corruption within the NYPD.
The claim states that both Adams and Sheppard labeled Donlon as erratic and forgetful, which Donlon argues was intended to undermine his credibility as a whistleblower.
Donlon contends that the comments made by Adams and Sheppard were a deliberate defamation attack, using mental health as a weapon against him.
Scola emphasized that the actions of public officials constitute a betrayal of trust to New Yorkers by attempting to silence whistleblowers and protect corruption.
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