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A veteran LAPD officer was so traumatized by the sharing among her colleagues of fake nude photos of her that she was hospitalized on Christmas Eve with rocketing blood pressure, a civil trial was told. 

Capt. Lillian Carranza, who is now the head of the Gangs and Narcotics division, claims that she told her bosses in December 2018 that the topless photos which purported to show her were not real and had been photoshopped.

But they refused to tell her colleagues, allegedly for fear of drawing even more attention to the doctored photographs and making them go viral. 

Carranza claims her superiors knew about the photo, but did not tell her, and she only learnt about it when a friend in the force told her.

The stress of the ordeal left Carranza hospitalized. She is suing the LAPD for sexual harassment and creating a hostile environment, and is seeking undisclosed damages.

Carranza's attorney, Greg Smith, told the court on Thursday that she was left so humiliated by the situation she sank into a deep depression, and had to be taken to hospital on Christmas Eve with soaring blood pressure. 




Capt. Lillian Carranza, who is now the head of the Gangs and Narcotics division, is suing the LAPD over sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment





Carranza is seen holding a press conference to announce the arrest of four suspects in connection to a spate of high profile burglaries at the homes of singers, sportsmen and other celebrities in Los Angeles in October 2018

Smith said that even after she sued the department over the incident, the chief did not publicly tell his officers it was fake or direct them not to share the image. 




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Carranza's lawyer said she was so distressed at the Photoshopped pictures she was hospitalized

Carranza said in court documents that she felt 'hurt, abandoned and devalued by my superiors ... who took no steps to prevent known harm to me from occurring and who stood by and watched, encouraged or simply looked the other way as I was ridiculed, humiliated and degraded by fellow LAPD employees, despite my persistent pleas for help.' 

She believes parts of her face were photoshopped onto the nude image.

'I noted that the facial features of the woman in the picture bore a striking resemblance to me, although the photograph was not actually of me,' she said in her declaration. 

'In fact, I concluded that my own eye appears to have been Photoshopped into the picture.'




Carranza is a 33-year veteran of the LAPD, and says she has been repeatedly humiliated





Carranza is seeking damages in her trial, and is expected to testify on Tuesday

On Thursday LAPD Chief Michel Moore testified that he believed the image was intended to 'ridicule, embarrass or harass or smear' her.

But, he said, he resisted her request to make a statement saying it was a fake photo because he thought it would only serve to draw attention to it.

Moore said he was focused, instead, on finding the 'person responsible for sending that out.' 

Debra McCarthy, who is now retired but served as a former deputy chief and oversaw the LAPD investigation as head of the Professional Standards Bureau, said she supported Moore's decision.

She said that Carranza contacted them after the investigation was underway and asked to spread the word that it was not her. 

McCarthy said she discussed that request with Moore, circulaxil Test but felt that a statement by the chief 'might give it legs' and harm their investigation.




Michel Moore, the chief of LAPD, testified on Thursday that he did not want to inform the force of the fake images because he thought it would make them spread

Carranza is due to testify on Tuesday.  

She said the 2018 photo incident was one of several insulting incidents in her career - noting that in 2013 a detective teaching a training class referred to her as 'a very cute little Hispanic lady,' and she had 'been swapped around a bunch of times.' 

Months after Carranza filed her complaint, the City Council approved a $1.8-million payout to a female officer who accused an internal affairs lieutenant of sexual harassment and ordering surveillance of her when she rejected his advances, The Los Angeles Times reported.

In 2020, the city paid $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit from a police detective who said she that was assaulted, abused and blackmailed by a fellow officer and that department officials ignored her complaints. 


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