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 her choice to file a complaint as “the right thing to do” in an excerpt from her 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.
Ms. Commisso is one of the 11 women mentioned in an independent investigation accusing New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. She filed a complaint against him, the first to be known, according to this explosive report. 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.
“What he did to me is criminal, he broke the law.”
This complaint paves the way for possible legal proceedings for the governor, including many Democratic allies, up to President Joe Biden, have called for resigning, and which is also the subject of a procedure in the Parliament of the State of New York which could lead to his impeachment. On 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 the New York State government. His decision is therefore another setback for Mr. Cuomo.
Governor of New York State since 2011, re-elected in 2014 and 2018, Andrew Cuomo, 63, had become 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 a crisis.
Brittany Commisso defended her choice to file a complaint as “the right thing to do” in an excerpt from her 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. Ms. Commisso is one of 11 women named in an independent investigation accusing New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. She filed a complaint against him, the first to be known, according to this explosive report. 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. This complaint paves the way for possible legal action for the governor, whom many Democratic allies, up to President Joe Biden, have called for to resign, and who is also the subject of proceedings in the State Parliament of New York may lead to his dismissal. On 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 the New York State government. His decision is therefore a further setback for Mr. Cuomo. Governor of New York State since 2011, re-elected in 2014 and 2018, Andrew Cuomo, 63, had become 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 a crisis.
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