Chicago Police officer suing counseling and publishing companies over detailed advertisement about his therapy

A Chicago Police officer claims he was defamed and his right to privacy was violated after a therapist’s detailed advertisement described a shooting incident involving the officer — something he was seeking counseling for.

The plaintiff, who was not identified in the suit, claims Tennessee-based American Addiction Centers, Inc. and Krurapp Communications were responsible for publishing the advertisement in the April 2014 issue of Illinois Cops, according to the suit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court. He also names Robert Morrison, a former counselor with the Chicago Police Department’s Employee Assistance Program who later began working with AAC.

In 2005 the officer approached the EAP, which refers officers seeking counseling services to private professionals, the suit said. He was referred to a clinical therapist and continued seeing him through 2010.

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