Michael Verdugo, a former Florida police officer and ex-contestant on HGTV’s Design Star, will file civil suit against the Hollywood Police Department for wrongful termination and discrimination because believes he was sacked as a result of the department finding out he had done s gay bondage porn called Rope Rituals under the name “Jeremy Wess” three years prior to joining the force. McClatchy reports that Verdugo “believes his sexual orientation had plenty to do with his firing, that if a male cop appeared nude in a straight porn film his police buddies would be ‘high-fiving him in the hallway.’”
Despite the repercussions, 35-year-old Verdugo does not regret his one-time foray into gay bondage porn when he was 22: “It was a time in my life that I wanted to explore.”