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Complainant against New York governor breaks silence

Brittany Commisso has defended her choice to file a complaint against Andrew Cuomo, whom she accuses of sexual harassment. A close associate of the governor also resigned.

The collaborator who filed a complaint against the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of sexual harassment, has spoken publicly for the first time.

Brittany Commisso defended his choice to file a complaint as “the right thing to do,” in an excerpt from his interview recorded on Sunday. “The governor must be held accountable,” she told CBS and the Albany Times Union. “What he did to me is criminal, he broke the law”. The full interview is due for publication on Monday.

His complaint had so far been anonymized as emanating from “executive assistant # 1” in the report. The assistant to the governor’s team deplored several inappropriate and indecent gestures since the end of 2019 on her part. The latter refuted the accusations.

Cuomo’s right-hand man quits

This complaint paves the way for possible lawsuits for the governor. Several of his Democratic allies, up to President Joe Biden, have it. called to resign. Cuomo is also the subject of proceedings in the New York State Parliament which may result in his impeachment.



On Sunday, the government also lost the support of its close collaborator Melissa DeRosa.

Sunday, the government also lost the support of its close collaborator Melissa DeRosa. She resigned from her post considered the most powerful unelected office in New York State government. His decision is therefore a further setback for Cuomo.

Andrew Cuomo, 63, is Governor of New York State since 2011. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2018, before becoming a national star at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, thanks to his daily television spots, seen as rational and reassuring in the midst of the crisis.

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