A gay former Los Angeles Police Department civilian employee is suing the city, alleging he was wrongfully fired in 2021 after being falsely accused of sexually assaulting another man.
A representative for the City Attorney's Office could not be immediately reached.
A "shocked" Lopez filed a complaint with his supervisor, Capt. Dave Storaker, saying the allegedly false allegations could hurt his goal of one day becoming a police officer, according to the suit. Lopez was questioned about his relationship with Ponce during a subsequent meeting with the sergeant and a union representative. Lopez said he and Ponce were friends for years who had recently grown apart, but added that the two had a sexual encounter at the plaintiff's home in December 2018 after spending time at a West Hollywood bar where Lopez had become "highly inebriated," the suit states.
During a subsequent meeting last May with Capt. Alejandro Vargas, Lopez described what happened between him and Ponce during the night in question, the suit states. The next day, Vargas called Lopez a good employee, but told the plaintiff he was being fired anyway, the suit states.
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