Named in 2 known lawsuits, $22,500 total settlements.
Leedee, Ivan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 153351/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, April 7, 2021, ended January 20, 2022
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 9/22/20, at approximately, 2:00 p.m., Plaintiff IVAN LEEDEE was in the vicinity of East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City when Defendants, NYPD Officers RENZ, LOMBARDI, DOE and ROE, approached Plaintiff based on his age or race, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff IVAN LEEDEE was touched, grabbed, beaten, handcuffed, seized and arrested by Defendants who transported plaintiff to a police station where he was fingerprinted and photographed and subjected to a strip search while in the custody of defendants. As a result of the Defendants assault and battery Plaintiff sustained serious, severe, painful ...
Torres, Eudy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153183/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, June 4, 2020, ended May 4, 2021
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 1, 2018, at approximately 9:45 p.m., in the vicinity of 5th Avenue between 134th Street and 135th Street in New York County, without just cause or provocation, NYPD Officers Briana Juliano and Robert Renz unlawfully stopped Plaintiff while Plaintiff was driving his vehicle. Plaintiff did not commit a traffic infraction or crime and there was no legal basis for the officers to direct Plaintiff to stop his vehicle. After Plaintiff stopped his vehicle, the Defendants including Officers Juliano and Renz, directed Plaintiff to exit his vehicle and then violently handcuffed Plaintiff. Thereafter, the Defendants intentionally and falsely accused Plaintiff of having committed the crimes of Obstructing Governme...
