The Hollywood Police Department in Florida doesnât just want Rope Rituals star (and HGTV Design Star contestant) Michael Verdugo to remain permanently off the squad. They want to take his Florida Department of Law Enforcement certification, which would prohibit him from ever being a cop again.
Told by the department he was fired not for being gay but for failing to disclose in his job application that he made the gay light bondage film, (a decision backed up by an arbitrator), Verdugo has been fighting the ruling and will appear in Broward Circuit Court in November to argue his case. (The Hollywood Police Department agreed to drop its certification claim if Verdugo drops his lawsuit against the department. He refused.)
âI want my case to be an example of what happens in Florida,â says Verdugo, who was known to Rope Rituals watchers as Mikey V. âI still want to be a cop. My goal â not a practical one â is to go back to Hollywood.â
In the meantime he says heâs still lobbying for the passage of ENDA â although a law that bars discrimination against sexuality wouldnât technically apply here, since the police department, uh, only had a problem with Verdugo not telling his future employer about the flick.
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ManPuppyDotCom
Michael can come over to our office in Tampa Bay dressed as a cop ANY time đ
alan brickman
If he’s a good cop..that is all that should matter….
Stephen
I found him so attractive on his season, and actually wish he were still on T.V. somewhere.
The Gay
Ugh! Why doesn’t he just move, who wants to live in Florida anyway?
Hilarious
Not surprised, it’s Florida. I only made it in that hell hole a few months before packing and fleeing as fast as I could go.
Captain proton
and eventually http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/cop_fired_for_gay_porn_wins_appeal.php