The prosecutor criticized Apple’s filing as “potentially defective” in asking a judge to delay Cuomo’s arraignment from November to January.Īpple has said the court paperwork was processed quickly, before he had a chance to consult with the district attorney. Soares later criticized Apple for “unilaterally and inexplicably” filing a complaint without first consulting with his office.
In October, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple’s office filed a criminal complaint against Cuomo in connection with Commisso’s allegation. “It would be an act of insanity to touch a woman’s breast and make myself vulnerable to a woman for such an accusation,” Cuomo said.Ĭuomo attorney Rita Glavin has said that Commisso had an “evolving version” of what happened. I didn’t want it.”Ĭuomo told them he would “have to lose my mind” to do “such a thing. “And that I in no way, shape or form invited that, nor did I ask for it. “I knew, and he knew, too, that that was wrong,” Commisso told investigators for the attorney general’s office.
Cuomo announced his resignation a week after the release of the report, which he has attacked as inaccurate and biased. Her testimony was included in a report, released in August by Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James, that concluded Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. READ MORE: CNN fires Chris Cuomo for helping brother deal with scandal “The only thing she has any power over is her resolution to continue to speak the truth and seek justice in an appropriate civil action, which she will do in due course,” he added.Ĭommisso says Cuomo slid his hand up her blouse and grabbed her breast when they were alone in an office at the governor’s mansion in Albany in late 2020. She had no authority or voice in those decisions,” her lawyer, Brian Premo, said in a statement Monday. She was one of Cuomo’s executive assistants before he resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations in August.Ĭommisso “had no control over the filing or prosecution of criminal charges.
The complaint did not name the woman, but she has identified herself as Brittany Commisso. It was first reported by The Times-Union of Albany. “While many have an opinion regarding the allegations against the former governor, the Albany County DA’s Office is the only one who has a burden to prove the elements of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt,” Soares said Monday.Ĭuomo, who has vehemently denied the allegation, had no immediate comment on the development. Soares, a Democrat, had previously suggested that the forcible touching complaint was problematic. “While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, after review of all the available evidence, we have concluded that we cannot meet our burden at trial,” Soares said in a statement, adding that he was “deeply troubled” by the allegation. Three days before the Democratic ex-governor was due to answer the misdemeanor charge in court, Albany County District Attorney David Soares said he was asking that a criminal complaint that the county sheriff filed in October be dismissed. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal prosecution over an allegation that he fondled an aide, after a prosecutor said Tuesday he was dropping the case because he couldn’t prove it.
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