Exclusive | NYPD wants to claw back $200k in OT from cop who claims disgraced Chief Jeffrey Maddrey coerced her into sex

The NYPD is trying to claw back more than $200,000 in overtime paid to the female lieutenant who alleged the OT cash was used by disgraced ex-Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey to coerce her to perform sexual acts, The Post has learned. Lt.Quathisha Epps, a 19-year-vet who retired in December after The Post uncovered the scandal, was the department’s highest paid cop last year.“She was paid for work she did not do,” a police source said.

“She has received notice that she owes this money.” Epps called the NYPD demand that she pay back $231,890.75 retaliation for her blowing the whistle on the department’s No.2 cop.“I will not be silenced,” she said.

“This isn’t just my fight — it’s the fight of every woman who dared to speak up and was punished for it.If the department — or anyone – believes they can erase what happened by attacking me, they’ve gravely underestimated the power of truth.”The demand was a result of an NYPD investigation into the overtime and involved Epps’ direct supervisor, former Deputy Chief Paul Saraceno, who was fired last month, sources said. Saraceno was Maddrey’s second in command and allegedly signed off on Epps’ overtime retroactively, the sources said.Epps’ lawyer, Eric Sanders, said the letter Epps received from the NYPD included no evidence that she didn’t work the hours she claimed to work.“The overtime issue is a red herring—manufactured to distract from the real legal and moral crisis inside the NYPD,” Sanders said.

“Under New York labor law, the burden is on the employer to maintain accurate records, not the employee.”The Post revealed in November that Epps pulled in $403,515 in fiscal year 2024, including $204,453.48 in overtime pay on top of her base salary of $164,477, according to city payroll records.  On Dec.20, Epps, who was an administrator in Maddrey’s office at One Police Plaza, told The Post that the chief paid her the dough to “coerce” her to have sex with...