An Albany City Court judge officially dismissed a criminal proceeding against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday during his first court hearing in the case.
“The complaint is hereby dismissed,” Judge Holly Trexler said after a brief hearing in Albany City Court, media outlets reported.
Cuomo, who resigned in August amid multiple sexual harassment allegations, attended the hearing remotely with his defense attorneys Michael McDermott and Rita Glavin, who did not make a statement or comment on the complaints of “forcible touching.” Instead, the defense rested on paperwork and evidence previously filed, according to Fox News.
The case was related to accusations and subsequent a criminal complaint filed by former Cuomo staffer Brittany Commisso, who is one of 11 women that accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. According to her, the former governor harassed her in 2019-2020 and even put his hand under her blouse inside the Executive Mansion.
New York Attorney General Letitia James initiated an investigation into Cuomo in March last year following allegations from several women, many of them from his office, who claimed that the governor had made insulting comments, groped and kissed some of them without their consent.
James revealed the result of her inquiry in August, stating that the then-governor violated the law by “sexually harassing multiple women — including former and current state employees — by engaging in unwanted groping, kissing, and hugging, and making inappropriate comments.”
Cuomo, following calls for his resignation and impeachment from many members of the state legislature and other lawmakers, resigned in August, but denied the accusations, saying that the campaign against him was politically motivated.
(With inputs from agencies)
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