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Michael Mineo, 24, is in Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he spoke with the Reverend Al Sharpton standing by his side and holding his hand.

Mineo says five police officers beat and sodomized him with a police radio antenna at the Prospect Park subway station on October 15 between 1 and 2 p.m.

His attorney says medical records diagnosed Mineo as suffering an anal assault.

Mineo became emotional when talking about the incident.

"How am I supposed to feel? I was violated," said Mineo.

Mineo's lawyers claimed that the policemen also ticketed and threatened their client.

"They gave him a disorderly conduct ticket and said, 'Don't go to any authorities, don't go to any hospital. If you do, we will arrest you again,'" said Kevin Mosley, another Mineo attorney.

Earlier in the day, Sharpton, along with Mineo's lawyers and some city lawmakers, condemned the incident at an anti-police brutality rally held in Harlem.

"Let us be clear: the police cannot police themselves if they are the object of an allegation," said Sharpton.

The NYPD is denying Mineo's claims, saying they are not supported by independent civilian witnesses at the scene.

Officers say they grappled with Mineo after they caught him smoking marijuana and he resisted arrest.

The five accused officers remain on active duty as the NYPD and the Brooklyn district attorney investigate.

Mineo was released from the Brookdale University Medical Center on Sunday but was hospitalized again on Friday.

Witnesses are being asked to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to call the Brooklyn district attorney's office at 1-718-250-2759.