The guards’ removal comes weeks after Gothamist questioned whether the allegations against them had been investigated.
Three jail guards accused of raping and sexually abusing detainees were transferred out of the women’s jail on Rikers Island weeks afterTerrell Armstead, Valery Attimy and Anthony Rizzo were identified in lawsuits filed by women who said the men sexually abused them while they were held at the Rose M. Singer Center at Rikers. They’re among more thanunder the Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year window for sexual assault survivors to file claims outside of the statute of limitations.
Correction department spokesperson Annais Morales did not answer questions about where the officers had been transferred to or whether the officers had been investigated. “We cannot comment further as this is active litigation,” she said in an emailed statement. Attimy declined to speak to Gothamist without a lawyer present. Armstead hung up the phone on a Gothamist reporter. Rizzo could not be reached for comment.Last month, the correction department said that none of the five guards Gothamist identified had faced discipline for sexual misconduct. Thethe claims contrasts with Mayor Eric Adams’ earlier promise of a “thorough investigation” into the hundreds of allegations against jail staff.
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