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== Medical conditions == | == Medical conditions == | ||
During the Mad Batter trial and resulting media circus, it was revealed that Gaynes suffers from several neurological conditions arising from injuries sustained during the 2015 Central Park attack: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achromatopsia Achromatopsia] (colloquially known as color blindness) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemeralopia Hemeralopia] (day blindness, the inability to see clearly in bright light) | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia] (face blindness, the inability to recognize what should be familiar faces) | |||
Any one of these conditions makes an individual unfit for service as a police officer, which is why Gaynes later admitted to hiding these disabilities from his superiors for almost a year following the attack. | |||
When the truth came out, Gaynes was forced into early retirement; but despite his subterfuge, he was allowed to receive pension benefits precisely because his injuries were received in the execution of his duties as a police officer. (The Central Park attack came as a direct result of Gaynes' Mad Batter investigation.) | |||
== Life after the NYPD == | == Life after the NYPD == | ||
Since retiring, Gaynes has fallen out of the public eye. Multiple sources have suggested he left New York City entirely, and former love interest Vera Vecoli claims Gaynes and his father have been "roadtripping their way west," picking up itinerant work along the way. Appearing briefly on webisode of the short-lived series ''Whatever Happened to that Guy'', Vecoli said:<blockquote>I'm pleased to report that father and son continue working to repair their relationship, but there's a lot of hurt there, a lotta baggage, y'know? But please, the best thing you can do for them is give them their space. Gray[son] Gaynes has done a lot for this city, and he's no longer a public servant. He's a private citizen now, and he deserves his privacy, y'know?</blockquote> | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
