Chicago IL Nov 22 2012 A gay Chicago police officer has been fired for moonlightingas a bouncer and “lube wrestling” participant in nightclubs — and he’s planningto sue the city in hopes of being reinstated to the force.Jonathan Maynard was on convalescent-duty status, recoveringfrom injuries, when he worked at two gay clubs, Hydrate Nightclub Chicago andHalsted’s Bar and Grill, between June 2008 and October 2009, as a substitutebouncer, and when he took part in a “lube wrestling” event at Hydrate inNovember 2007, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He broke department rules againstworking in a liquor establishment, and working at all, while on his leave, theChicago Police Board decided last month. He was a “flagrant abuser” ofdepartmental policies, the board ruled.
Maynard, however, told the Sun-Times this week that officerswith “much more serious” infractions have been allowed to keep their jobs. “Ihave been singled out,” he said. He also said he has been harassed by fellowcops for being gay.
He said his work at the clubs was unpaid, a favor tomanagement. One executive of the clubs, Maynard’s former boyfriend, presentedrecords to the police board indicating he had been paid, but Maynard said hisex has a grudge against him and falsified the records. He also claimed awitness who videotaped the wrestling has an “ax to grind,” arising from alandlord-tenant dispute in a building owned by Maynard’s grandmother.
Maynard, 34, has been on the police force for 11 years. Heplans to file suit to get his job back, he told the newspaper.
source-advocate.com
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