Chicago Cops Removed From Force Over Alleged Strip Poker Game, Sexual Assault

Two Chicago police officers were relieved of their duties pending an investigation over allegations that they sexually assaulted a woman after a game of strip poker. According to a police report, the cops first noticed a 22-year-old woman on a sidewalk Wednesday night crying after she left a male friend's home where they had been drinking and arguing, [view link] reported. The officers then allegedly offered her a ride home in their marked SUV, where the woman said she had sex with one cop during the trip. At her apartment, the woman said she played strip poker with the two cops – but felt intimidated by their sexual advances and ended up having sex with another officer. [view link] reported that she then pounded on a neighbor's door for help, who later opened it to see a naked man running down the hallway and a uniformed officer walking away. The woman was sent to the hospital for treatment. A criminal investigation is under way.