One of the women who reported sexual harassment to the governor of New York He left anonymity on Monday in a television interview in which he tells how his “dream job” turned into “a nightmare” and asks Andrew Cuomo to “blame him”. In parallel, State lawmakers on Monday began discussing opening a political trial to remove him..
Brittany Commisso is one of eleven women named in an explosive report released last week by New York State Attorney General Letitia James., who accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. “I am a woman, I have a voice and I decided to use it,” said Commisso in an interview broadcast jointly by CBS and the newspaper. The Times Union.
Commisso told how the governor went from “farewell hugs” to “closer hugs with kisses on the cheek.”: He even tried to kiss her on the mouth once. The woman also recalled two incidents mentioned in the report, the first when the governor allegedly grabbed her buttocks when they took a selfie, and then, in November 2020 at her official residence, when she allegedly reached under her blouse to touch her. the breasts.
This Monday a committee of the New York Assembly, the state legislature, began to discuss the possible impeachment of Cuomo. Dozens of Democratic politicians, including President Joe Biden, have already called for him to step down.
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