Alexandra Drake, a former police officer from New Boston, New Hampshire, said her supervisor wanted to rape female drivers, and even based them on a scale. Michael Masella is a lieutenant and second in command of the police department. When talking about working with Masella, Drake states:
“He wanted to just take them (female drivers) out and ‘rape’ them rather than issue a citation.”
In addition to wanting to rape female drivers, Drake said Masella made passes at her. He once encountered her outside of work jogging in sweatpants that had the word ‘PINK’ written on the backside. Masella then said to her:
“Are you trying to get the guys to look at your ass?”
On yet another occasion, Masella approached her at a bank outside of work hours and made lewd comments about her attire. In the 36-page civil lawsuit, she claims he also showed up unannounced at her house and asked if she was naked.
Drake went to the police chief, James Brace, to express concern over Masella’s comments. Brace told her to communicate her concerns to her supervisor, who was Masella himself.
Fearing retaliation, Drake then asked for help from Sergeant Richard Widener who filed a complaint shortly after she met with Brace. Brace then met with both Masella and Drake to discuss her concerns.
Widener said Masella’s comments were abusive, saying:
“You can’t jog in the streets of New Boston, because your clothes, which are a baggy jump suit, are too revealing, too sexy.”
Drake was terminated from the police department after falsifying a DNA test. She claimed Masella instructed her to do so in an attempt to help the defense attorney. Chief Brace then put her on the Laurie List, which is a record of police officers with questionable credibility.
Watch the following video more details about these accusations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebAbETmcec
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