A Victim Services Coordinator says her supervisor, a former police officer, drugged her, raped her, and beat her but no help was provided.
It began with mandatory lunch dates. It devolved into multiple rapes, brutal beatings, threats of violence and warnings that she would be placed on mental hold if she sought help.
In her 30s, Monica turned her life around. She began working as a counselor for sexual assault victims. She spoke to victims and participated in a documentary on human trafficking as a way to empower people like her. Several months after she accepted the position, Monica says the city hired former San Diego Police Sergeant, Derek Diaz as an investigator working on gun violence restraining orders. According to media reports and the San Diego Police Department, Diaz was a highly recognized officer who worked with the department from 1987 through 2016.
" told me that if I cheated on him or left him he was a police officer and he knew how to get rid of a body in the desert; he told me this countless times," reads the restraining order."He told me if I called the police, it wouldn't matter because he was a police officer." Monica told CBS 8 that despite clear signs of Diaz's desire to dominate and control her, she ended up getting romantically involved with him in April 2022."By May," said Monica,"he was taking by force. He would take money out of the bank and throw hundreds of dollars at me and say, 'This is how you used to have it in your past. So here it is. Now, I'm going to take the sex that I want. You don't understand that I'm training you to be a good Christian wife.
Meanwhile, Monica reported the rape and physical assault to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department as well to her boss at the city, Supervising Deputy City Attorney Jeff Brooker. As for the rape investigation, Monica said the San Diego County Sheriff's Department did not conduct one.Diaz's ResponseIn May 2024, Monica filed a civil lawsuit against the City of San Diego for failing to address her reports of assault and also against Diaz.
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