Accuser Drops the Hammer on Gov. Cuomo With Criminal Complaint, New TV Interview

Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso, "executive assistant #1". Credit: CBS News

According to a newly released report from the New York state Attorney General’s Office, they found there were 11 cases involving sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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Now one of those women — the person identified as “executive assistant #1” in the report, Brittany Commisso — has filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County sheriff’s office.

Commisso explained to the Times-Union that she was called to help Cuomo with a technical issue with his phone, and that’s when the groping occurred.

The governor came out from behind his desk, and began groping her in a sexually aggressive manner.

“And that wasn’t just a hug,” she said. “He went for it and I kind of like was, ‘Oh, the door is right there.’ … I was mortified that a woman who works here is going to come in and see. … I was terrified of that happening, because that’s not who I am and that’s not what I’m here for.”

“What he did to me was a crime. He broke the law.”

It continued, in part:

As panic set in, it flashed in her mind that insulting the governor could cost her the career she had been working so hard to build.

“I said to him, I said, ‘You’re going to get us in trouble,'” she recalled. “I didn’t know what else to say. … It was pretty much like ‘What are you doing?’ That’s when he slammed the door (shut). He said, ‘I don’t care.'”

He walked toward her a second time.

“I remember exactly what I was wearing,” she said. “I remember him slamming (the door) so hard that I remember thinking to myself that I’m sure the staff is, like, ‘Is everything OK up there?’ He came right back and he pulled me close and all I remember is seeing his hand, his big hand. I remember looking down like, ‘Holy sh_.'”

The governor, she said, had reached under her blouse and his hand was grasping one of her breasts over her bra.

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Commisso appeared for an interview Sunday with “CBS This Morning” and the Times Union. The full interview is supposed to air tomorrow. Here’s an excerpt from it.

Jericka Duncan: Why did you file that criminal complaint with the sheriff’s office?

Brittany Commisso: It was the right thing to do. The governor needs to be held accountable…

Duncan: And just so I’m clear, again, being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with the crime?

Commisso: What he did to me was a crime. He broke the law.

There’s so much, at this point, that could and should take down Andrew Cuomo — from the sexual harassment allegations to the thousands who died in the nursing homes after his order and the subsequent cover-up.

It’s good that there again seems to be action moving on this. There are a lot of things circling around and maybe finally they’re getting serious about the impeachment. But maybe I’m a cynic. Cuomo believes he can ride it out, and I’m not sure that he’s wrong. It’s what happens generally when there’s a “D” after the name. I’m not sure I believe he will be taken out, even with this. I’ll believe it when I see it.

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