A former NYPD officer is suing the department and a male officer who she alleges repeatedly harangued her with lewd remarks — and asked her if she would perform a sex act with someone sitting on a toilet.
Ex-NYPD officer Emily Brucato charges in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Brooklyn federal court that over several months in 2017, then-Lt. Jonathan Blatt subjected her to a barrage of filthy comments — including asking her to have a “threesome,” saying “it’s OK my wife gave me the go ahead.”
“Would you ever give a ‘Blumpkin’?” Blatt allegedly asked Brucato on one occasion, using a slang term for performing oral sex on someone sitting who is on the commode.
Brucato, 30, was assigned to an East Harlem Housing Bureau in July 2016 when, almost immediately, Blatt began giving her and another female rookie “too much attention,” her suit alleges.
Blatt “handpicked” Brucato to drive him around in an NYPD cruiser for tasks unrelated to police work — like getting his teeth cleaned in Manhattan and picking up his favorite doughnuts in the Bronx, she alleges.
During these rides, Blatt barraged with crude remarks, like requesting the threesome and commenting that another female officer has a “nice a– that really fills out those administrative pants,” her suit alleges.
“Have you ever had sex with a black man?” Blatt allegedly asked Brucato while out on another mortifying ride.
Brucato claims that after continually rebuffing Blatt’s advances, he retaliated against her by ordering her to arrest a violent, emotionally disturbed person, she says.
Brucato said she was afraid to report Blatt’s alleged campaign of sexual harassment to department brass because she was still a new officer and was on a probationary period, she charges.
But by August 2017, Brucato had had enough and complained to the NYPD’s Office of Equity and Inclusion, which ruled the following year that her sexual harassment allegations were “substantiated.”
Last year, Brucato filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Then-NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill demoted Blatt to sergeant. Blatt is now assigned to the 46th Precinct in the Bronx, court papers show.
Eric Sanders, Brucato’s lawyer and a former NYPD officer, told The Post the city could have ended Brucato’s case by offering her compensation when she filed notice that would sue — but is instead choosing to fight against her in court, which he said is a “waste of time.”
“It’s a waste of taxpayer money. It really is,” Sanders said. “They know he did it. There’s no dispute about that.”
Brucato resigned from the NYPD and is now working as a cop in a different jurisdiction, Sanders said. She is seeking unspecified damages.
The NYPD confirmed that Blatt is still with the department but declined to comment further.
Blatt could not be immediately reached for comment Monday.
Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy
