News reports 2 battalion chiefs among 12 Philly firefighters & medics involved in sex scandal
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Dana DiFilippo & David Gambacorta, Philly.com:
A fiery sex scandal threatens to burn up multiple firefighters’ careers, including some top brass, according to former Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers.
Ayers told the Daily News today that the investigation into a young paramedic’s claims of sexual misconduct began shortly before he retired in June.
The paramedic filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging misconduct against another paramedic. Soon after, rumors surfaced that she had sexual encounters with numerous firefighters, paramedics and supervisors in firehouses while on- and off-duty all around the city.
“That was the word we had,” Ayers said. “It’s bad stuff.”
Sources say a young female paramedic filed a Equal Employment Opportunity complaint alleging sexual misconduct.
It was soon learned that the paramedic had sexual encounters with more than a dozen firefighters and paramedics in city firehouses and ambulances, both on and off duty.
A source says that two battalion chiefs are among those who had sex with the paramedic, whose name we are not releasing because of the sensitivity of the allegations.
A source says the sex was consensual, but the paramedic felt pressured. A source also tells Action News the woman has evidence of the alleged misconduct.
