LAPD officer says she was denied promotion due to malicious gossip
Los Angeles Police Lt. Corina Smith, 41, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the department, saying she was denied a promotion to the rank of captain after a false rumor was circulated that she threatened suicide.
She claimed the rumor led fellow officers to call her "psycho," caused a miscarriage and made her the target of a stalker ... The rumor alleged Smith was despondent over a breakup with a fellow officer 18 years ago when she stood nude on a diving board at the couple's Glendora apartment complex and put a gun to her head, the suit said. Three LAPD internal investigations concluded the rumor was false.