A Denver sheriff’s deputy accused of punching a man in a wheelchair while on duty in 2019 — in a lawsuit the city has now settled — was also arrested on accusations he punched another man in a wheelchair in December.
The Denver City Council approved the $325,000 settlement in the case over the 2019 incident involving Deputy Jason Gentempo, now 44, during a meeting Monday.
Gentempo, who has been a sheriff’s deputy since 2005, is now on investigatory leave from the sheriff’s department following his arrest in the newer matter in December.
During the incident in 2019, Gentempo was transporting inmate Serafin Finn from a Denver hospital to the jail when Finn spit at him. Gentempo then punched Finn, who was handcuffed and in a wheelchair, in the face, knocking over his wheelchair, a video of the incident shows.
Gentempo was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident, according to internal investigation documents.
In December, the Denver Police Department arrested Gentempo and his wife, Sgt. Carla Gentempo, after they were accused of assaulting another man in a wheelchair while they were off duty. The couple learned that a 17-year-old they knew was at a Denver apartment where they believed there was a “sexual torture chamber,” according to affidavits filed in that case.
Jason Gentempo told investigators that he believed the man in the wheelchair met the teen in a chatroom and took the teen to his home, where he showed them “sexual bondage items” and put some of the items on the teen with their consent, an affidavit says.
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The man told The Denver Post in December that he didn’t do anything sexual with the teenager.
A Denver police officer is also accused of trying to cover up that assault.
Internal investigators found Gentempo improperly stored his firearm in 2021 and that he disobeyed rules related to his body-worn camera in 2024, disciplinary records show.
This is a developing story that may be updated.
Staff writer Shelly Bradbury contributed to this story.
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