Similar themed to the
Disgraced Minor Celebs thread, women that were fired for posing nude. I'm focusing on PB but others are welcomed. A subject that interests me since we are now living under harsh times. I also would like to know if they ever bounced back from this setback, how they are doing now, etc.
This first one I find the most distressing. She lost her gun and badge for posing. In the cop world, most would rather get shot than lose their LEO job. I wonder if she ever recovered from this.
Carol Shaya
In 1994, at time of the staging of her
Playboy pictorial, Shaya was 24 years old and a
patrol officer in the 45th precinct in the
Bronx.
[1] Shaya appeared in the August 1994 issue, in a partly open New York City police uniform jacket on the cover of the magazine, labeled "NYPD NUDE", and naked in a layout inside. The pictorial involved her using nightstick, handcuffs, and uniform in erotic and staged arrest scenes.
[5] She received
US$100,000 for the pictorial.
[3][6]
At first reports of the appearance, the
New York City Police Department attempted to ignore the incident, but then gradually took escalating measures.
[1] In July 1994, Shaya was reassigned to a desk job at the Bronx Borough Command, not as a disciplinary action, but due to other female officers in her precinct complaining about verbal harassment from residents, who were asking about Officer Shaya's location and comparing them to her.
[7] On October 28, the NYPD filed departmental charges against Shaya, for unauthorized off-duty employment and improper use of her uniform and the Police Department logo.
[8] A police panel recommended a month's suspension,
[5] but the final decision was left to the
New York City Police Commissioner.
[8] On March 7, 1995, Commissioner
William J. Bratton dismissed Shaya, now using her married name Shaya-Castro, from the New York City police department. Bratton ruled that Shaya-Castro's appearance in
Playboy violated the City Charter and the department's rules, so she was unfit to be a police officer.
[9][10] He also cited her record, which included only three arrests in four years.
[3][5]
In response, Shaya-Castro sued the department for
US$10,000,000 for
wrongful dismissal and
gender discrimination.
[6] In her claim, she said that other, male, officers who appeared in
pornographic films, not just
softcore pictorials, were merely suspended, and not fired. She also said that her assignments to non-patrolling duties, such as typing and driving other officers, precluded many arrests.
[3][5] Her lawsuit was criticized by
Stanley Crouch in an
American Enterprise Institute speech.
[11] The case,
Shaya-Castro v. New York City Police Department, 649 N.Y.S.2d 711 ., was decided against her, and upheld on appeal.
[12]
NYPD Nude, a documentary on Shaya's story, aired on
British television Channel 4, on March 11, 1995.
[13]
At first, the Job just wanted the Shaya mess to go away. Originally, the Job was ignoring it, she was not even transferred at first. I think Bratton was hoping that it would fade away from the papers. It probably would have, but Shaya kept giving interviews and ending up on TV or the papers, and during one interview, she even made corruption allegations. She made herself very hard to ignore.