A female Mountie who was disciplined for having sex in a police car with her boss has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the RCMP.

In a statement posted on the RCMP website, assistant commissioner Craig Callens said a decision was made in September 2013 not to pursue further discipline against Const. Susan Gastaldo and that the charges against her are withdrawn.

The brief “update” to the case was posted this week on top of a two-year-old RCMP statement, under the date Feb. 24, 2012.

Gastaldo was docked seven days pay in 2012 after she was found guilty of disgraceful misconduct for having sex in a police car during work hours and sexting with her boss Staff Sgt. Travis Pearson.

Gastaldo had alleged she was sexually assaulted, but the RCMP determined she was having a consensual affair following an internal review. Gastaldo filed a lawsuit in August 2011, saying Pearson sexually assaulted her and forced her to maintain a sexual relationship for several months in 2009.

The case was investigated by Vancouver police, which concluded the allegations were unfounded, and prompted an RCMP code-of-conduct review.

An RCMP review board eventually disciplined both Gastaldo and Pearson for what was characterized as a consensual relationship, but the board was especially critical of Gastaldo, accusing her of fabricating the assault allegations in an attempt to hide the truth from her husband.

ticrawford@vancouversun.com

Read the RCMP decision here

RCMP statement on Const. Susan Gastaldo