A married Queens cop killed himself after his female boss
enticed him to trade sex for a favorable work schedule, then refused to let him
break off the tryst, a new lawsuit claims.
Officer Matthew Schindler tried to end the affair with his
sergeant last year — the day before Valentine’s Day — then shot himself in the
head when she wouldn’t let him go, according to the lawsuit filed in Queens
Supreme Court by the cop’s widow, Gina.
According to the suit, Schindler’s career depended on his
“submission to the sexual advances” of his married supervisor, Sgt. Christine
Hirtzel, who had control over his work schedule and “day-to-day conditions of
[his] employment.”