The Albany County prosecutor, David Soares, is one of five prosecutors who have so far indicated that their offices are looking into the governor’s conduct after the report from the attorney general, Letitia James, found that he had sexually harassed 11 women.
The criminal complaint was reported by The New York Post.
The executive assistant told investigators that the governor had acted inappropriately toward her since 2019, kissing and hugging her in ways that she found uncomfortable. His advances toward her culminated last November in the episode at the mansion, in which he reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast, she told investigators.
The governor denied to investigators that he had touched her inappropriately.
The woman’s lawyer could not immediately be reached. A spokesman for the governor said on Friday that the office had referred the assistant’s case to its office of employee relations months ago, and again pointed toward the governor’s denial of her claim. A spokeswoman for the Albany district attorney declined to comment on the complaint, saying only that the investigation was “an ongoing matter that is under review.”
The woman told investigators that she had been summoned to the mansion, that the governor had pulled her in for a close hug and that, after she pulled away, he again advanced, slid his hand up her blouse and cupped her breast.
She initially did not report what had happened, she said, adding that she was “terrified” that she would lose her job.
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