Judge to cop: Pay $75G to your NYPD ex

A bitter custody battle between two NYPD cops ended up taking a big chunk of the dad’s paycheck after he was forced to pay $75,000 for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit against the mother of his child, the Daily News has learned.

Police Officer Christopher Cosme and his attorney have to pay $50,000 to the cop’s ex-girlfriend, for claiming she had him falsely arrested. They also have to pay Osorio’s attorney $25,000 for legal work he did while defending her for the last two years.

In his decision April 11, Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Roy Mahon said Cosme and his attorney at the law offices of Feinman & Kauffman filed a “frivolous claim” and attempted “to perpetuate a fraud upon this court.”

The 14-year NYPD veteran and his estranged girlfriend were arguing over the custody of their son in September 2016 when Osorio called the cops on her ex, claiming that he had violated an order of protection outside her Forest Hills, Queens, home, when he stepped within 2 feet of her and took a picture of her on his cell phone, according to court records.

Cosme was charged in Queens Criminal Court with violating an order of protection and harassment, but the charges were ultimately dismissed.

He then filed a lawsuit last year against Osorio, claiming that she had “lacked probable cause to bring the criminal action” against him and had made “fraudulent written statements to the police.”

“[Osorio’s] written statements were made with malice towards [Cosme], and in the absence of good faith as [she] knew her statements to be untrue at the time she made them,” his suit states.

Cosme sought $295,000 from his ex-girlfriend for her “slanderous statements” and to pay back the $45,000 in attorney fees and loss of pay and overtime earnings during 31 days he was suspended without pay and placed on modified assignment after his arrest.

In opposition papers, Osorio’s attorney Eric Sanders said his client didn’t affect the police decision to arrest Cosme in any way.

“Other than providing information to the police, there are no specific allegations [to] the police who were then free to exercise their own independent judgment as to whether an arrest will be made and criminal charges filed,” said Sanders, who said that Cosme’s suit was “absolutely frivolous, false and dilatory” and “designed to cause her severe emotional distress and financial hardship.”

A call to Feinman & Kauffman for comment was not immediately returned.