“I would never hurt anyone. This did not happen,” Eric Adams briefly commented to journalists. “The mayor does not know who this person is,” reacted a spokesperson for the elected official. “If they actually met, he doesn’t remember it. But he would never do anything that would not physically harm anyone, and he strenuously denies that claim.”
The plaintiff, whose name has not been released, is seeking a trial and $5 million in damages, according to The Messenger.
An investigation into illegal electoral campaign financing
Aged 63, Eric Adams has been mayor of New York for two years, the second African-American to lead the megacity. Coming from a poor family, he experienced delinquency before becoming a police officer, creating a union to fight racism then entering politics as an elected Democrat.
He recently had his phones seized by the federal police (FBI) as part of an investigation into illegal financing of an electoral campaign, with the press citing suspicions of corruption by Turkey.
Axl Rose and Jamie Foxx targeted by sexual assault complaints
The complaint against him comes the day after the revelation of two other similar files. The leader of the rock group Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose and the American actor Jamie Foxx were targeted on Wednesday by complaints of sexual assault years ago in New York.
All these civil legal actions are made possible by a law in the State of New York which allows, since November 2022, and until the deadline of Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday, victims of sexual violence to file a civil complaint for prescribed criminal or misdemeanor acts.
This local legislation – Adult Survivors Act – has enabled many complainants to take civil action against their alleged sexual attackers, often high-profile figures. In May, former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay five million dollars in damages to former newspaper columnist E. Jean Carroll for a sexual assault in 1996.
2023-11-24 03:44:20
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