A second former assistant to the Democratic governor in New York, Andrew Cuomo, came forward with allegations of sexual harassment, just days after his first prosecutor made her claims public.
Charlotte Bennett, described by The New York Times as an executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo government until she leaves in November, ‘claims that Cuomo’ asked her questions about her sex life, or whether she was monogamous in her relationships. and if she’s ever had sex with older men. ‘
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The 25-year-old staff member described to the Times an incident that took place in June when she was ‘alone’ with the 63-year-old governor in his State Capital office. According to the report, he allegedly asked her if she thought age was making a difference in romantic relationships and that he was open to relationships with women in their twenties, which was noted by the Times as ‘comments she made as clear revelations for’ a sexual interpreted ‘relationship. “
While Bennett claims that Cuomo never tried to touch her, the governor’s ‘message’ during this exchange was ‘unmistakable’ to her.
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“I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and he felt terribly uncomfortable and scared,” Bennett told the Times. “And wondered how I was going to get out of there and assumed it was the end of my job.”
According to the Times, Bennett made the incident known to Cuomo’s chief of staff, Jill DesRosiers, less than a week later and submitted a lengthy statement to Judo Mogul, special counsel, by the end of the month. She was also transferred to another position as health policy adviser and placed on the other side of the Capitol building.
Bennett told the Times she did not want to investigate because she “wanted to move on” and that she was happy with her new job.
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In a press release on Saturday, Cuomo Bennett called a ‘hard-working and valued member of our team during COVID’ who ‘has every right to speak’.
“When she came to me and opened up about a survivor’s sexual assault and how it shaped her and her ongoing efforts to create an organization that empowers her voice to help other survivors, I tried to be supportive and helpful. , “Cuomo said in a statement. statement, issued to the Times. “Mrs. Bennett’s initial impression was right: I tried to be a mentor to her. I never made progress towards Bennett and also did not intend to act in any way that was inappropriate. The last thing what I would have always wanted was to make her feel something that was being reported. ‘
Cuomo added that he would “make no further comment” until a “complete and thorough review of Bennett’s claims has been carried out and finalized.
As the Times noted in its report, Cuomo did not deny Bennett’s allegations about such personal questions.
Mogul also issued a statement in part stating: “Ms Bennett’s concerns were treated with sensitivity and respect and in accordance with applicable law and policy … The determination based on the information provided by Ms Bennett, was that no further action was required which was in line with Ms Bennett’s wishes. “
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Fox News contacted Bennett and DesRosiers for comment.
Lindsey Boylan, Cuomo’s first prosecutor, expressed her support for Bennett.
“I’m with you Charlotte. We’re with you. Always,” Boylan wrote. “I’m so proud of you Charlotte.”
Boylan, the former deputy secretary for economic development and a special adviser to Cuomo, published a bomb essay on the website Medium on Wednesday. She accused the governor of ‘going out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs’, and forcibly kissed her on a loop during a one-on-one briefing and suggested have that they play ‘strip poker’ during a plane ride.
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Cuomo’s office denies Boylan’s harassment claims, calling them ‘simply false’ and insisting that the strip poker comments ‘did not happen’.
Meanwhile, the prominent Democrat also faces an increasing scandal surrounding his controversial policy of recommending COVID-positive patients in nursing homes in the early months of the pandemic, and is now reportedly being investigated by the FBI and U.S. Attorney over a alleged cover-up of deaths in nursing homes in his condition.