Prosecutor caught having ‘intimate relationship’ with cop accused of raping teen

BROOKLYN (NY)
New York Post

April 2, 2018

By Emily Saul, Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding

A Brooklyn prosecutor was caught having an affair with one of the NYPD cops accused of raping a handcuffed teenager, The Post has learned.

Assistant District Attorney Nicole Manini, 34, is under investigation for potentially violating professional conduct rules for New York lawyers, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Manini’s illicit relationship with now-former Detective Richard Hall, 33, was uncovered when investigators with her office reviewed his cellphone records as part of the rape case, sources said.

The phone logs revealed multiple calls between Manini and Hall, who is married with two kids, sources said.

The calls began before the alleged Sept. 15 rape and continued afterward, sources said.

The DA’s office referred Manini for investigation to the court system’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which prosecutes cases of professional misconduct by lawyers.

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