Obese agent is suing New York

new york - An officer who was so fat that he was already retired at the age of 43, is suing the city of New York.

The 1.78 meter long Jose Vega now weighs 180 kilos. 'I arrived in seventy kilos in a year,' he tells the New York Post.

He blames weight gain mainly on street stress. His eating habits would have nothing to do with it.

'I wanted to be a top agent in the murder cases,' said Bega, who weighed 90 kilos when he started out on the street.

The pressure to make as many arrests as possible, caused the 46-year-old New Yorker so much stress that the agent in the Bronx became heavier and heavier. The morbidly obese Vega would therefore have serious heart problems.

According to his lawyer Warren Roth also did not cooperate that unhealthy eating is normal among agents. 'It's easier to go into the McDonald's when you're busy'.

In 2014 he was sent home with an invalidity pension of $ 4.000 per month. He then went to court because he wants 6200 dollars (5000 euros).

According to the police leadership, only ten percent of his overweight was due to stress, the rest is just voracity. Vega maintains that he does not eat too much.