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“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” - “Let's Break The Silence Together”

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In order to track bad actors in borough district attorney's offices and other law enforcement agencies throughout NYC who refuse to investigate, arrest and prosecute crime perpetrators, we need to document the blowback and victim-blaming that women often hear from both the police and the district attorneys when we use the criminal legal system to attain justice. The Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is refusing to address the misconduct of her staffers and members of NYPD. These are telephone conversations between me and high-level members of the Queens District Attorney's office of Melinda Katz. PO Miguel Delacruz is an active member of NYPD. He committed multiple felonies and misdemeanors against me. PO Delacruz unlawfully surveilled our intimate encounter, threatened me, disseminated multiple video files, concealed the physical evidence. The Queens District Attorney's Office of Melinda Katz is not only refusing to prosecute PO Miguel Delacruz but is refusing to initiate a special proceeding in The Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term, before the Honorable Joseph A. Zayas, Administrative Judge of Queens County, Criminal Term, seeking the appointment of a special district attorney. I’m so thankful to have Maya, Larry, Priscilla, Adam, Rocco, Molly, David, Diego and other reporters working on my story. I am forever grateful for the tremendous support from my family, friends, my attorney, Joe Murray, and his whole team. "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" - " Let's Break The Silence Together " Melinda Katz NY1 Debate, October 23, 2019 and Melinda Katz Twitter, April 8, 2021

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9 - 11/2/20 Gerard Brave - Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office

April 08, 2021 • Valentina Veleva • Season 1 • Episode 9

Executive Assistant District Attorney of Investigations Division, Gerard Brave:

November 2, 2020: Valentina again spoke with EADA Brave who was apparently directed to respond to Valentina by Chief Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Naiburg. EADA Brave again affirmed his incorrect interpretation of the law that Valentina must be “identifiable” on the recording. EADA Brave made another factually incorrect statement that “there’s no evidence that there are any other videos.” Again, Valentina informed EADA Brave that Delacruz threatened her that he had more videos. EADA Brave responded by saying that “he threatened you that there were more videos to try and get you to stop contacting him, which apparently, after these many weeks now, I can see is a personality trait that you possess.” Here, EADA Brave is essentially justifying and sympathizing with what Delacruz did to Valentina because EADA Brave was so offended by Valentina continuing to call him to get a comprehensive answer as to why they were not proceeding with her case.

Joseph W. Murray

Attorney for Ms. Valentina Veleva