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The assistant who denounced Cuomo accuses him in an interview of "breaking the law"

2021-08-09T12:30:01.421Z


Brittany Comisso came out publicly in a television interview and stated that Cuomo must be "held accountable" following the Attorney General's report released this week that he found he sexually harassed 11 women in the workplace.


The executive assistant to the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, who denounced him for sexual harassment, publicly identified herself on television in an interview broadcast by CBS this Monday morning.

The woman, Brittany Comisso, assured that the Democratic politician "broke the law" and must "be held accountable" for it.

Comisso clarified that he never had consensual sexual relations with the governor of the state of New York, but that the hugs he gave her were not the ones he would give "to his mother or his brother."

[Joe Biden asks for the resignation of the governor of New York after the investigation that indicates that he sexually harassed several women]



"They were hugs with the intention of obtaining some personal sexual satisfaction

. Then they began to be hugs with kisses on the cheek. And then there was a hug and, when he went to kiss me on the cheek, he quickly turned his head and kissed me on the lips, "he explained in the interview.

The assistant revealed that she did not react: "I did not say anything. I did not say anything in all this time. People do not understand that this is the governor of the state of New York. There are soldiers who are outside the mansion. They are not there to protect me. They are there to protect him.

I felt that if he did something he would not be the one who was going to be fired or gotten into trouble, "he

added.

The alleged victim, who accuses the Democratic president of touching his chest in his Albany mansion, appeared under the pseudonym "executive assistant 1" in the Attorney General's report presented this week that concludes that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women in the environment. work and that has triggered numerous requests for him to resign.

"Maybe for him, who thought this was normal. But for me and the other women he did this to, it was not normal. It was not welcome. And it was certainly not consensual," he concluded.

[New York State leaders demand the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo, following new accusations against him]

Asked about the reason for the criminal complaint she filed against Cuomo on Thursday in the Albany region, the state capital, the governor's former employee says: "It was the right thing to do. The governor has to be held accountable."

"I felt like I had nowhere to go": the testimony of one of the women who points to Andrew Cuomo as a sexual harasser

Aug. 4, 202102: 45

The woman alleges that Cuomo had behaved inappropriately with her since 2019, with kisses and hugs that made her feel uncomfortable, and that last November at his official residence, where he went at his request, the politician put his hands underneath her blouse and touched her breast.



He also alleges that on another occasion the governor grabbed him and groped his butt while they took a photo at the executive mansion.



"What he did to me was a crime. He violated the law," Comisso answered the interviewer when she asked him if "being accountable" for her means that he is charged with a crime.

The Democratic president also faces another stumbling block on Monday as the state Assembly's judicial committee will meet to discuss how to conclude an ongoing investigation into whether there are grounds to indict him.



Cuomo, who is being investigated by the Albany sheriff's office, has denied the facts and his defense attorneys have questioned both the objectivity of the Attorney General's report and the allegations of the whistleblower.

Brittany Commisso, left, during an interview with journalist Jericka Duncan on CBS This Morning in New York on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, CBS This Morning and Times Union via AP

Since the report was published last Tuesday there have been calls for his resignation, the most notable of which was that of US President Joe Biden, and allies and political rivals have turned their backs on him.

About two-thirds of members of the State Assembly have already said they are in favor of impeachment if he refuses to resign.

It only takes a simple majority of votes to start an impeachment trial.

63% of New York Voters Believe Governor Andrew Cuomo Should Resign

Aug. 4, 202101: 55

While he is reluctant to leave the position he has held for 10 years, the state Legislative Assembly, in which he has lost the support of his fellow party members, is finalizing an impeachment process and will "soon" consider possible articles against him, as reported the camera this Thursday.

Cuomo will face the charges without the help of his former senior assistant, Melissa DeRosa, omnipresent during all coronavirus press conferences as she resigned Sunday night, claiming the last two years had been "emotionally and hard. mentally".

Source: telemundo

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