A second former aide is accusing embattled NY Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.
According to the NY Times, the 25 year old woman, Charlotte Bennett, said that when they were alone in his office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked if she “had ever been with an older man.”
Per the Times report “she said the governor had asked her numerous questions about her personal life, including whether she thought age made a difference in romantic relationships, and had said that he was open to relationships with women in their 20s — comments she interpreted as clear overtures to a sexual relationship.”
Gov. Cuomo has now issued a statement.
NEW: statement from @NYGovCuomo on latest sexual harassment allegation from former aide Charlotte Bennett. First reported by @jessemckinley pic.twitter.com/zg9clWT1vD
— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) February 27, 2021
"The aide, Charlotte Bennett, who was an executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo administration until she left in November, told The NYT that the governor had harassed her late last spring, during the height of the state’s fight against the coronavirus."
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 27, 2021