Cuomo backs down over ‘independent’ probe into sex pest claims by staffers as NY AG Letitia James insists ‘no oversight’
NEW York Governor Andrew Cuomo bowed to pressure and agreed on Sunday to an independent inquiry by the state attorney general into claims he sexually harassed two ex-staffers.
It came after an array of high profile Democrats - including Joe Biden - turned on him amid an outcry at his earlier attempt to pick his own investigator.
"I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared," she said.
"And was wondering how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job."
She said she left the governor's office in November following the alleged harassment, which came during the height of the Covid pandemic.
She claimed in in his administration, Cuomo "would go out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs."
She also alleged , kissed her on the lips without consent, and once joked they should play strip poker during a flight on his official jet.
"I’m compelled to tell my story because no woman should feel forced to hide their experiences of workplace intimidation, harassment and humiliation — not by the Governor or anyone else," Boylan said.
Meanwhile last night, Coumo was mocked in a skit on Saturday Night Live.
Cast member Pete Davidson, playing the beleaguered governor, cracked “Nice bodies, some of you” while scanning the audience.
He added: “I know. I’m in the friggin’ dog house again."
And "Arrest Cuomo" T-shirts were being sported by right-wing delegates at the CPAC conference, where later today Donald Trump will give his forst speech since leaving the White House.
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Social media influencer Austen Fletcher, who created the $25 shirts, said: “Arrest Cuomo is not just a funny meme or hyperbole.
"It literally should happen. We need to arrest Andrew Cuomo.”