New York Firefighter Accuses Chief of Raping Her as a ‘Birthday Present’

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“But, remember, that’s between you me and Joe only forever.” Instead, the fire medic—who is trained as a firefighter and an EMT—is now suing 51-year-old Kelly and 28-year-old Wantagh FD Engine 7 Captain Josef Seier, accusing the pair of physically and sexually assaulting her last year.She requested a jury trial and unspecified damages from Kelly, Seier, and the Wantagh Fire Department, according to a civil lawsuit obtained by The Daily Beast.Vesselin Mitev, the woman’s lawyer, said on Thursday that the “grotesque” attack has “ruined her life.” “She’s had these extraordinary feelings of humiliation, shame, she can’t sleep,” Mitev told The Daily Beast.That has made her reconsider whether she’ll ever again be able to do the thing she most enjoyed doing, helping others.” The woman, who is in her mid-20s and has a day job as a physician’s assistant on Long Island, according to Mitev, “loved being a firefighter and loved being part of what she thought was a unit.” However, Kelly and Seier “considered her, literally, a disposable sexual vessel,” Mitev said, adding that his client has been unable to return to her volunteer position since the incident.They both “encouraged” her to knock back various different liquors, including Malibu rum and a spirit called “Black Death,” it says, going on to allege fire district officials had been previously warned that male firefighters in Wantagh preying on intoxicated female members was “a recurrent ongoing problem.” In this instance, Kelly and Seier—the woman’s direct supervisor—had a premeditated plan to get her drunk and sexually assault her, according to the lawsuit."

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