Queens Woman Sues NYPD For $30 Million After They Put Her Picture On ‘Wanted’ Poster

Woman Sues For $30 Million After NYPD Puts Her Picture On ‘Wanted’ Poster

The NYPD wrongly used a queens woman’s photo for a “wanted” poster. On the poster she was labeled as a thieving hooker — and now the innocent woman is suing the NYPD for $30 million.

Eva Lopez, 31, says she first realized she was on a wanted poster when she and her boyfriend got off of their flight and one of the boyfriends friends sent him a text message about the poster.

I thought it was something fake. I really couldn’t believe the police would put me on a wanted poster,” she reminisced. That night she quickly called Detective Kevin Dwyer, whose name was detailed on the poster, only to find out he  “knew it was an issue before she called,” according to the legal filing.

 

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Dwyer expressed to Lopez the wanted poster had already been taken down from the bureau’s Facebook page and other websites, she said. The real perpetrator had a tattoo sleeve, the detective stated. Lopez doesn’t.

But the harm was already done. “It was already spread around on social media. … It was still being passed around, still being talked about, still making me look like a thief and a prostitute,” Lopez shared with The Post.

“On Facebook, the [wanted poster] got shared over thousands of times — 10,000, 20,000 times. Then on Instagram a lot of blog sites that have millions of followers, they posted it as well,” Lopez said.

Lopez asserted she’s never been in trouble with the law, never worked as an escort, and doesn’t know the victims.

She “had absolutely nothing to do with any grand larceny,” she said in court papers filed against the city, the department and the detective.

“The NYPD should commit to more thorough investigations before haphazardly accusing and identifying innocent people of fantastic lies and brazen crimes,” said her lawyer Mark Shirian, who speculated the escort may have been wrongly using Lopez’ social media shots.