NYPD lieutenant who raked in $200K in OT wants suspension revoked after Jeffrey Maddrey sexual abuse allegations
An NYPD lieutenant who raked in north of $200,000 in overtime last year is demanding her “unjust” suspension be lifted — days after coming forward with bombshell allegations that she was sexually abused by former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.Quathisha Epps, 51, faced “quid pro quo sexual harassment” while working for Maddrey, her lawyer alleged in a Tuesday letter to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch calling for the lieutenant’s reinstatement.Epps, the department’s highest-paid employee last year, was suspended last week amid an Internal Affairs probe into her eye-popping overtime haul from an administrative role in Maddrey’s office.The lieutenant’s attorney, Eric Sanders, said in his letter to Tisch that Epps should also be given full back pay, as well the opportunity to retire in good standing with a pension next month.“This request comes amidst deeply concerning circumstances, including allegations of quid pro quo sexual harassment, retaliatory conduct, and an unjust suspension,” Sanders wrote.“While these matters require careful and thorough review, Lieutenant Epps must be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect as the situation is resolved.”With roughly $204,000 in overtime last year and her $164,477 base salary, Epps took home more than $400,000 — well more than her then-boss, Maddrey, who made about $292,000 in 2023, records show.Investigators are looking into allegations Epps fudged her hours and approved the time slips herself, in addition to complaints that she either arrived at work late, left early or didn’t show up at all, sources previously told The Post.Epps filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination complaint against the city afterward, accusing Maddrey of demanding sex in exchange for giving her enormous overtime.She claimed to The Post in an explosive report on Saturday she was the victim of unwanted sexual advances by Maddrey for over a year.“I think he’s a predator,” Epps said of...