Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged Thursday with groping a former aide in Albany's Executive Mansion - a crime that could force him to register as a sex offender if he's convicted.
The name of the alleged victim was redacted from the complaint but the allegations line up with those made by former Cuomo aide Brittany Commisso, 33.
Albany County District Attorney David Soares opened a criminal investigation of Cuomo, 63, on Aug. 3, shortly after state Attorney General Letitia James detailed the alleged groping incident in a report that accused the then-governor of sexually harassing 11 women, including nine current or former state workers.
"During her"CBS This Morning" interview, Commisso said the alleged groping incident capped a series of incidents during which Cuomo subjected her to unwanted touching that included hugs unlike those "he would give his mother or his brother.
In an earlier, anonymous interview with the Albany Times Union, Commisso said the alleged groping incident came after she was summoned to the Executive Mansion to help Cuomo with his cellphone.
In a prepared statement, James said, "From the moment my office received the referral to investigate allegations that former Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, we proceeded without fear or favor."
The alleged groping of Commisso is the most serious incident detailed in James' report, which also accused Cuomo of grabbing women's butts and running his hand across the belly of a female state trooper assigned to his protective detail.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/andrew-cuomo-to-be-charged-over-alleged-groping-of-former-aide-source/
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