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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo strongly denies sexual harassment claims

  • August 04, 2021

Earlier Tuesday, James and investigators detailed conclusions of the report, which immediately reignited calls for Cuomo to resign.

The report said Cuomo had harassed women who worked in and out of state government, including a state trooper who was assigned to his personal security detail.

James is also a Democrat and has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, whether or not Cuomo resigns or seeks re-election next year.

Cuomo opened his response Tuesday by saying, “It has been a hard and painful period for me and my family.”

The governor said that in response to accusations against him, “I’ve brought in an expert to design new sexual harassment policy and procedures.”

He took no questions from reporters after responding to the report in a statement that was livestreamed by his office.

The report Tuesday noted that Cuomo had “made specific denials of conduct that the complainants recalled clearly.”

“We found his denials to lack credibility and to be inconsistent with the weight of the evidence obtained during our investigation,” the report concluded.

“We also found the Governor’s denials and explanations around specific allegations to be contrived.”

Mariann Wang, a lawyer for two of Cuomo’s accusers, in a statement called the governor’s response to James’ report “laughable.”

“He is being manipulative, as he always has been,” Wang said. “He is not being accused of being a kindly but gentlemanly boss. And the women who experience his unwanted sexual touching are not fools, as he apparently thinks they are.”

“He is found by independent investigators to have touched women in their intimate body parts and routinely demeaned the women who work with him by treating them as sexual objects,” Wang said.

“He touched a woman’s breast, another woman’s stomach and the back of her neck and spine, he grabbed multiple women’s backsides or buttocks. These are not charming expressions of affection. They were sexual. He knew that when he did it, and the women experienced this as unwanted sexual touching. He’s been found to have been doing this for years.”

— CNBC’s Christina Wilkie and Thomas Franck contributed to this report.

Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-response-to-sexual-harassment-report.html

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