The former NYPD ​cop ​who was acquitted of raping a drunken woman in her East Village apartment in 2008 is suing his accuser, the city and a long list of public officials for $175 million, according to a Bronx Supreme Court suit filing.
Kenneth Moreno, 46, claims that glory-seeking Manhattan prosecutors trumped up the case despite a total dearth of evidence and that the ugly ordeal ruined his reputation and prospects for a normal existence.
“He has the right to clear his name,” Moreno’s attorney, Eric Sanders, told The Post. “This woman is not a victim. There is no evidence she was raped.”
Sanders said that notoriety-hungry staffers with the Manhattan DA botched several aspects in the case — and even failed to test semen and hair samples found in her apartment.
“Most prosecutors have an agenda,” he said. “They want their 15 minutes of fame. Most people lick their wounds and walk away. He is fighting back.”
The 32-year-old woman, who now lives in San Francisco, could not be reached for a comment on the suit.
After a two-month 2011 trial, Moreno was cleared of the rape raps but was convicted with his partner, Franklin Mata, of being in the woman’s apartment when they were supposed to be on the beat.
Moreno was sentenced to a year in prison and served nine months behind bars before being sprung.
Moreno and Mata helped the unsteady woman out of her cab in front of her apartment in December 2008 and Moreno accompanied her upstairs.
He copped to “cuddling” with her in bed but denied that they ever had sex or anything close to it.
The suit named a long lists of defendants, from Manhattan DA Cy Vance to the accuser’s lawyer to HBO filmmakers who produced a documentary on the case.
The case asserts that race also played a role in Moreno’s case and refers to two high-profile white men who were accused of rape — former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Khan and Fox TV host Greg Kelly — who weren’t prosecuted.