New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is facing another charge of misconduct – this time by an unnamed female assistant who claimed Wednesday at the Albany Times Union that he “aggressively sexually assaulted her” loaded way. ” Cuomo denies the allegations.
Send the news: The staff member said the incident took place after she was summoned to the governor’s house late last year. The Times Union reports that Cuomo ‘allegedly reached out under her blouse and began to love her’.
What he says: Cuomo called the report “gut-wrenching” in an email, but added: “I have never done anything like this.”
The whole picture: It is the latest in a series of allegations of sexual and professional misconduct by the fighting governor, which he all denies.
- Cuomo is also facing a federal investigation into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes in New York.
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