A Southern California police chief has come under fire over a striptease incident at a holiday work party.
Chula Vista’s top copRoxana Kennedy is accused of putting two $1 bills in an officer’s pocket when he took his shirt off at the event on December 13.
She then bowed and returned to her seat while the crowd laughed and cheered at the Chippendale-style dance, according to her attorney Cory Briggs.
Kennedydisappeared on medical leaveat the end of January, leading to rampant speculation her job was on the line.
But Briggs shot down the claims, arguing she has been the victim of a months-long conspiracy to pressure her to quit the force.
The drama stems from the police union’s holiday party, in which two off-duty officers competed in a dance-off during a raffle at the party, before Kennedy slipped the topless one the $2.
Briggs told theSan Diego Tribune: “Something that was jovial and jocular and innocent among adults is now being twisted into something that wasn’t.”
He sent a letter on Friday to the city asking it to preserve all evidence regarding “allegations of improper discipline, retaliation, discrimination and/or a hostile work environment,” and alleged “adverse actions” used against the chief.
The city hit back saying it was “deeplyconcerned by these accusations,” and “categorically rejects all allegations” in his letter asking it to preserve evidence, including emails.
It also said any kind of conspiracy to replace the chief “is entirely false.”
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