Sgt. Jim Parker refutes the account of the actress, contending that he recorded the incident from the moment he got out of his car 
 
 The Los Angeles police officer involved in a confrontation with Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts is emphatically defending himself against any charges of wrongdoing. 
 
 "She is lying," LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker tells The Hollywood Reporter, contending the actress is making "malicious and false statements." 
 
 Watts, who is African-American, says the police accused her of prostitution because she was being publicly affectionate with her white boyfriend, Brian James Lucas. 
 
 “Today I was handcuffed and detained by 2 police officers from the Studio City Police Department after refusing to agree that I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place,” Watts wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday. "When the officer arrived, I was standing on the sidewalk by a tree. I was talking to my father on my cellphone. I knew that I had done nothing wrong, that I wasn’t harming anyone, so I walked away. A few minutes later, I was still talking to my dad when 2 different police officers accosted me and forced me into handcuffs," adding that her wrists were "bleeding in pain." 
 
 But Parker refutes Watts' account, saying he was already near the location to meet up with two other LAPD officers at Starbucks when he got a call about public nudity at the corner of Radford Avenue and Ventura Boulevard, near CBS Studios. Parker tells THR that he recorded the incident from the moment he got out of his car to when it ended. 
 
 "They were f—ing. He was in the passenger seat with his legs outside," Parker says, paraphrasing a call from someone at the Art Directors Guild office, complaining about employees watching a couple having sex in a car in broad daylight with the door open, complete with a description of the make and license plate of the car and description of the couple and what they were wearing. He says at least one witness took a photo. "People don't make this shit up." 
 
 Parker says he didn't plan on arresting the couple, who he says were no longer engaged in intercourse, and standing outside the car; she was on the phone. "People having sex in the car, no biggie. No one wants to arrest anybody," Parker says. "And he [Lucas] said, 'Oh, I have her passport.' He was wearing two tourist bags around his neck and I assumed he had hers. She was feigning disinterest, but I could tell she was listening in. Then as you hear on the recording, she starts making a fuss, and quite frankly I don't need to see her ID but she does have to ID herself." 
 
 The recording, which was made public by TMZ on Monday, features a woman's voice saying, "Do you know how many times the cops have been called because I'm black? Just because I'm black and he's white?" Later, she says, "You can say I'm resisting arrest," and put her father, who she was speaking with on her cellphone, on speaker to talk to the police, saying, "It's my right to stand on the street corner and make out with my boyfriend." 
 
 But cops say they were doing more than making out. 
 
 "There's no resisting; you're just interfering," a policeman is heard saying. LAPD sources tell THR that TMZ's recording is authentic. 
 
 Parker says he knew the other officers were nearby when Watts walked away from him as the situation escalated, but he didn't want to chase after her or physically confront her. "I've been here before, I'm not touching her. I don't want to be accused of anything. So I requested a female officer and said, 'Hey guys, grab that female on the phone and bring her back to me.'" 
 
 "I'm thinking, 'God, it's taking a long time to bring her back to me,' Parker continues. "They [two other officers] said, 'She's being difficult.' They have her handcuffed, because that's what they do. It's too far to walk, so they drove her back. And I said, 'You have to give me your ID or tell me your name.' She's crying." 
 
 Watts, who is also on the FX show Partners, told CNN on Monday that the LAPD "accosted me and forced me into handcuffs," and repeated what she had said on the recording, that the cops alleged "I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place." She also told CNN she felt disrespected when police asked Lucas for her ID instead of asking her directly. 
 
 "She had no idea I was recording. So I asked her, 'Why are you in handcuffs? He's [Lucas] been here this whole time not in handcuffs. Tell me if someone has been disrespectful,'" Parker says he asked the actress when she returned, handcuffed and distressed, adding that the recording exonerates the LAPD in this situation. "Police officers can record surreptitiously without consent. The other officers also had their recording on. It helps the police department." 
 
 The LAPD confirmed it is conducting an internal investigation because of the widespread publicity surrounding the incident. If he hadn't made the recording, Parker says, "The three of us would be relieved of duty right now." 
 
 Watts' agent did not immediately return an email for comment. 
 
 Email: Soo.Youn@THR.com 
 
 Twitter: @lalasoo ||||| Cops accused of racism were vindicated Tuesday after a “Django Unchained” actress was charged with getting it on with her boyfriend in a car. 
 
 Daniele Watts and Brian Lucas have each been charged with one count of lewd conduct, a misdemeanor. The charges stem from a 911 call last month in which a caller told cops the lovebirds were having sex in a Mercedes parked on a street in Studio City. 
 
 Watts and Lucas are scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 13. Each faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted. 
 
 Police approached the black actress and her white boyfriend on Sept. 11. The couple was in a Mercedes near CBS Studios where she was filming the FX comedy series “Partner,” which co-stars Martin Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer. 
 
 Watts and her boyfriend Brian Lucas were having sex in public, according to a witness. Photos later emerged of the actress straddling Lucas in broad daylight in a car. (Brian Lucas via Facebook) 
 
 Watts, 28, refused to show identification to cops and was placed in handcuffs while three officers tried to investigate the complaint. Audio of the stop obtained by the Daily News revealed Watts went berserk with accusations that her rights were being violated, in part because of her race. 
 
 “Just because (I’m) black and he’s white?” she asked LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker, the first cop to make contact. 
 
 “I’m being very calm. I’m not being an a-- to you,” a different male officer is heard telling Watts after she walked away from Parker and was cuffed down the block. 
 
 Watts in a scene from ‘Django Unchained.’ (ANDREW COOPER) 
 
 “You’re not the one who’s in handcuffs,” Watts responded through tears. “You’re not the one who’s spent your life being called a n----- and growing up in the South, and now I get the cops called on me.” 
 
 She claimed the cops thought she was a prostitute. 
 
 “This just goes to show what you get from confrontation instead of cooperation,” Parker told The News on Tuesday. “This could have been so much easier. Her immaturity is the reason all this went public.” 
 
 Watts (r.) has also appeared on ‘Weeds.’ (Michael Desmond) 
 
 The 25-year LAPD veteran expects to be fired for releasing recordings of the stop and criticizing his bosses over the department’s handling of Watts’ claims. 
 
 “This was about protecting my reputation,” he told The News. 
 
 ndillon@nydailynews.com
– Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts says she was handcuffed by police for kissing her white boyfriend in a car, but the responding officer says that's simply not true. "She is lying," LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker tells the Hollywood Reporter, adding that he recorded the entire incident. He says police received a public-nudity complaint; the caller said Watts and Brian James Lucas were having sex in a car near CBS Studios. "[Lucas] was in the passenger seat with his legs outside," according to the caller, an Art Directors Guild office employee, Parker says. He claims that at least one person took a picture, and TMZ apparently got its hands on that picture—and the gossip site notes that it certainly does look "like sex." Parker says Watts and Lucas were no longer doing whatever it was they had been doing by the time he arrived—Watts was on the phone, standing outside the car. "People having sex in the car, no biggie. No one wants to arrest anybody," Parker says, but he did ask Lucas for Watts' ID. "And he [Lucas] said, 'Oh, I have her passport,'" which is when Watts started getting upset, Parker says, adding, "Quite frankly, I don't need to see her ID, but she does have to ID herself." He says Watts walked away, and he didn't want to engage in a physical confrontation, so he requested a female officer to come and bring Watts back. That's when the two officers he sent after her brought her back in cuffs, saying, "She's being difficult." As for Lucas, he was never cuffed, Parker points out. "I asked her, 'Why are you in handcuffs? He's [Lucas] been here this whole time not in handcuffs.'"