Fired officer sues department, town in sexual harassment case, alleges 'rapability' scale

CONCORD — A New Boston police officer, fired after she complained about sexual harassment by a supervising officer who allegedly ranked female drivers on a “rapability” scale, has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the town and police department.

The town has yet to file a response to the suit filed by Alexandra Drake, 24, of Nashua.

“We strongly deny the allegations and the town attorney will address that accordingly,” Police Chief James Brace said.

Drake alleges the police department destroyed her reputation after she complained about Lt. Michael Masella’s sexual harassment and that she was fired for allegedly falsifying a police report — making a factually incorrect change to a DWI report in September 2014 — which she alleges Masella ordered her to do for the benefit of defense attorneys.

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