Two former New York City police officers are suing the New York Post for $5 million over a 2016 article alleging that they had group sex with a prostitute on a plane.
The article centered around a plane ride from Las Vegas to New York on Super Bowl weekend in 2013. On the private flight were Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, both donors of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. Also onboard was Reichberg’s friend, Marco Franco, a prostitute named Gabi Grecko, former NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant, and former NYPD detective Mike Milici.
Prosecutors said that Grant and the others “took advantage of (Grecko’s) services during the trip,” alleging that it was an example of the bribes Rechnitz and Reichberg would offer.
Grecko was featured in an interview with the New York Post, with the story containing explicit details about the flight. In a photo from the trip, Grecko is seen wearing skimpy stewardess costume. She said that she performed oral sex on the men and had sex with some of them at the same time.
The defamation lawsuit, filed Sunday in federal court, alleges that the New York Post was incorrect about the facts of the flight, with both Milici and Grant claiming to the New York Daily News that they didn’t have group sex aboard the flight.
“Never did Jimmy and me get naked on a plane and have group sex in front of other men,” Milici said.
“Does it make sense two guys like Mike and me would get naked and do these crazy things?” Grant said.
Grant was acquitted of bribery charges in a 2018 trial. Milici was never charged but was fired from the NYPD. Both former officers have previously filed lawsuits over being let go by the NYPD. They claim that the New York Post article was a factor in them being fired.
Grant said the flight was more akin to a bachelor party, with crass jokes and booze flowing, but no public sex.
“There were no sexual acts,” Grant said. “When we got into Vegas she stayed in the room with Marco Franco.”
Grecko herself said the New York Post article was shoddy, with details inserted she claimed were not truthful and that the author was “pushy.”
“I know what sexually happened. But I didn’t know all those details that they threw in there. None of those were true,” Grecko said.
