‘Cannibal Cop’ still fantasizes about being an actual cannibal

Notorious “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle says he still has a hankering for Web sites devoted to flesh-eating fantasies.
The former NYPD officer recently told “Inside Edition” he still visits the lurid sites “because there’s nothing illegal, there’s nothing wrong with that. What I do at home is my business.”

Valle added, “It’s not a crime to fantasize about people you know. It’s not a crime to fantasize about committing crimes against people you know. It’s action [that’s illegal]. There were no actions taken, period.”

During the segment to be aired Wednesday, the 32-year-old Queens resident also admitted he once wrote that he wanted to savagely attack his wife, cause her to bleed from a head wound and listen to her scream in agony. “Yeah, I did write those things,” he told “Inside Edition” correspondent Diane McInerney.

Valle was convicted in March 2013 of plotting to kidnap, kill and cook a laundry list of women while he was a police officer. His wife, who was on his purported death list, discovered he had been visiting gory fetish sites and online chat rooms detailing his cannibalistic fantasies.

She reported him to authorities, leading to his arrest by the FBI in October 2012.

Valle was dubbed the “Cannibal Cop” by the media despite the fact he never actually consumed human body parts.

“I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus. Cook her over a low heat, keep her alive as long as possible,” Valle wrote to one of his online buddies, according to a criminal complaint. When his pal asked how large his oven was, Valle replied, “Big enough to fit one of these girls if I folded their legs,” court papers said.

At trial, Valle’s defense was that he was only enjoying “fantasy role-play” and had no intention of making good on his deadly threats. Nevertheless, he was convicted of kidnapping conspiracy and faced life imprisonment.

About a year later, a judge overturned his conviction on appeal, lending credence to Valle’s argument that he he was merley fantasizing.

Valle is now preparing to sue the feds for wrongful imprisonment. He’s also back on the dating scene after his estranged wife left him following his arrest.