Last year, an NYPD Chief was accused of sexually harassing a detective by utilizing the raw sexual energy of the Twilight saga in a series of very hip text messages. After the allegations came out, Bronx Deputy Chief Michael Gabriel retired quietly, but Detective Dawn DelValle-Sanchez was upset that the NYPD allowed him to depart in the midst of the investigation. So now, she's filed a lawsuit against the the department—and if we had ever read or seen any Twilight junk, we're sure we'd have a jokey reference to it here!

DelValle-Sanchez claims that between December 2009 and April 2010, Gabriel launched a campaign of "gross...unwanted attention of a personal and sexual nature," all under the "pretense of practicing his texting skills." In her complaint, she says he would refer to her as 'Bella' and himself as 'Jacob,' "equating what should have been a professional relationship to the 'Twilight' movies." He allegedly made comments about her body and her marriage, hit on her repeatedly, and tried to give her a massage once.

To apologize for that awkward incident, he texted: "I ask for ur forgiveness and another chance (Think Bella forgiving Jacob)," and "I will accept any penalty; hard labor, probation, a time out. ... Do werewolves kill humans just like vampires?" She initially did not complain to the Internal Affairs Bureau because she feared they would take Gabriels side. And now she feels she's been proven right, because the department was "more interested in protecting Deputy Chief Gabriel" than in protecting her.

Over at our favorite police message board, Thee Rant, current and retired officers discussed the allegations, and related their own experiences with both parties—one said of Gabriel, "He was a good cop, professional, before he was a chief, though I can't speak for the recent alleged lapse in judgment or erratic behavior." They seem to agree that Gabriel, at the very least, was going through some embarrassing form of mid-life crisis, but user iluvmysmith said that the story illustrated a darker aspect to the relationship between commanding officers and female subordinates: