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Former New York Governor Cuomo charged with sex crime

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A criminal complaint charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a misdemeanor sex offense was filed on Thursday in a court in Albany, the state capital, according to reports in the US media.</p>
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The filing from the Albany County Sheriff's Office, accusing Cuomo of groping a woman under her blouse, was confirmed by a spokesman for the New York state courts, Lucian Chalfen, in an emailed statement referring to the alleged offense as a "sex crime."</p>
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Cuomo resigned in August following a months-long investigation by the State Attorney General that found he sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former state employees.</p>
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A copy of the complaint posted online by WNBC-TV in New York said Cuomo engaged in the misdemeanor offense of "forcible touching" on Dec. 7, 2020, at the governor's Executive Mansion by placing "his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim … and onto her intimate body part."</p>
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The complaint goes on to say that Cuomo fondled the woman's breast "for purposes of degrading and gratifying his sexual desires," but the name of the woman has not been mentioned.</p>
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The week prior to his resignation, a former staffer of the governor’s office Brittany Commisso filed a criminal report with the Albany County Sheriff's Office accusing the then-governor of groping her breast at the Executive Mansion in Albany late last year.</p>
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Cuomo has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment. Following his resignation, he said the report was politicized and that there was a rush to judgment.</p>

IN Bureau

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