A NYPD detective who allegedly leaked actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s mugshot to an entertainment website has reportedly been stripped of his gun and badge.
According to the New York Post’s Page Six, NYPD detective Josh Ulan was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on administrative duty on Tuesday.
The decorated sex crimes detective is accused of providing Gooding’s mugshot to Atlanta-based website Rolling Out following Gooding’s arrest on groping allegations in June.
Gooding, 51, was arrested on June 13 on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse stemming from an allegation by a woman who claims he groped her while she served drinks at a bar in Times Square.
A new video published by TMZ shows the alleged groping incident at TAO nightclub in Times Square.
The “Jerry Maguire” star has since been indicted on a number of criminal charges in connection with three women accusing him of sexual misconduct.
Ulan, 49, joined the NYPD in 1992. He is noted for his involvement in the arrest of Peter Braunstein, who posed as a firefighter on Halloween 2005 and sexually abused a woman for 13 hours.
“The NYPD’s Special Victims Division is committed to doing everything possible to ensure survivors of sexual assault feel the safety and support needed to come forward, bravely share their experiences, and help the NYPD bring to justice those who have committed these horrific crimes,” Devora Kaye, the department’s acting deputy commissioner of public information, told the publication in the statement.
