Published on : 04/03/2021 – 07:43
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Three women accuse Andrew Cuomo of harassment and calls for resignation are increasing, including in the Democratic camp. The governor of New York spoke for the first time on Wednesday, March 3.
With our correspondent in San Francisco, Éric de Salve
She is a former advisor ofAndrew Cuomo which opened the scandal, Wednesday February 24. In the American press, Lindsey Boylan, 36, accuses her former boss of having kissed her by force.
On Saturday, a 25-year-old second collaborator accused the powerful 63-year-old governor of making sexual advances to her.
Finally Monday, a third woman said that Andrew Cuomo had kissed her, without her consent, at a wedding. A disturbing photo of the scene, the young woman visibly frightened as Cuomo puts his hands on her face, was also found on the front page of a tabloid.
Isolated
Since then, calls for resignation have been piling up in turmoil. With a pale face, a trembling voice, Andrew Cuomo defended himself for the first time on Wednesday. ” I realize today that my behavior made people uncomfortable. It was not my intention and I sincerely and deeply apologize for it », He declared during his first press conference since the scandal broke.
But Andrew Cuomo rules out any resignation from his post as governor of New York, which he has held since 2011. ” I was not elected by politicians, I was elected by the people of New York state, I will not resign “, He said, calling to wait” to form an opinion ».
He who was cited as an example a few weeks ago for his management of the pandemic, he whom many imagined as a Democratic presidential candidate finds himself very isolated today, with almost no one to defend him even in his own camp. For many analysts, this scandal may even deprive Andrew Cuomo of a fourth term.
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