According to a new report, a second woman has accused government Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.
Charlotte Bennett, a 25-year-old former Cuomo assistant, told the New York Times that the governor asked her inappropriate personal questions and said he was open to relationships with women in their twenties.
Cuomo issued a statement Saturday night saying, “Ms. Bennett was a hardworking and valued member of our team during COVID. She has every right to speak.”
‘When she came to me and opened up about a survivor of 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. be. Ms Bennett’s initial impression was right: I was trying to be a mentor to her. I never made progress with me. Bennett did not and never intended to act in any way that was inappropriate. “The last thing I ever wanted was to make her feel the things that were being reported,” he said.