New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gets here to leave in his helicopter after revealing his resignation in New York City, August 10, 2021.
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Cuomo rejected misbehavior. He stated absolutely nothing Friday throughout the quick hearing, where he sat beside his legal representative Rita Glavin from a remote area.
“As the governor said, this simply did not happen,” Glavin stated later. “No jury would have found Ms. Commisso credible. That’s why this case was dismissed.”
Commisso, 33, previously today slammed Soares’ choice to drop the case.
“My disappointing experience of re-victimization with the failure to prosecute a serial sexual abuser, no matter what degree the crime committed, yet again sadly highlights the reason victims are afraid to come forward, especially against people in power,” Commisso informed the Albany Times Union in a declaration.
“When will our voices uniformly be accepted? Where do we go to have our rights vindicated? Unfortunately, this is just another example of where our criminal justice system needs to do better,” she stated.
Commisso’s legal representative previously today stated she prepared to submit a civil suit versus Cuomo.
Cuomo, a Democrat, resigned in August in the middle of his 3rd term after an examination supervised by state Attorney General Letitia James concluded he sexually pestered almost a lots ladies, consisting of Commisso.
The Albany criminal case, which was at first submitted by the Albany County Sheriff’s Office without Soares’ understanding beforehand, was the only criminal case lodged versus Cuomo in connection with the supposed harassment.
Two other county district lawyers, in Westchester and Nassau, just recently stated they would not prosecute Cuomo for declared undesirable touching of ladies in those jurisdictions.
On Monday, Cuomo’s legal representative stated that a probe by the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace into the Cuomo administration’s supposed mishandling of Covid-19- associated deaths of assisted living home clients had actually ended with no criminal charges.
In a declaration later on Friday, Cuomo’s spokesperson once again blasted the probe started by James, a Democrat who revealed a run for guv after launching the report, just to drop that project months later on.
“We have said from the beginning that this entire situation was a political manipulation and would be disproven when a non-corrupted legal review was conducted,” stated Rich Azzopardi, the spokesperson. “The James report was not a legal review, but a sham to generate a press frenzy and political firestorm to clear the way for her own run for higher office.”
“Three district attorneys have now reviewed James’ report and evidence and have proven that what we said all along was correct — the law was not broken and not a single case has been brought,” he stated.
“The Nassau and Westchester District Attorneys found that even if the allegations were credible they did not violate the law,” Azzopardi stated. “Kissing someone on the cheek, patting someone’s stomach as you walk by, taking a photograph with an employee or a wedding guest is not illegal — criminally or civilly. Plaintiff lawyers overplayed their hand, and we will not pay one penny in attempts at civil extortion.”
