Sex crime charges have been filed against ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo Thursday, according to upstate officials.
A complaint filed on Oct. 28 by the Albany County Sheriff’s Office accuses Cuomo of forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor, for allegedly groping a woman at the Governor’s Executive Mansion on Dec. 7, 2020.
The defendant’s name was redacted from the complaint, but the description matches allegations by former Cuomo-aide Brittany Commisso.
Around 4 p.m. on the date late last year, Cuomo allegedly put his hand under the victim’s shirt and onto her left breast, the complaint reads.
State Office of Court Administration spokesperson Lucian Chalfen confirmed to amNewYork Metro that charges have been filed.
“A Misdemeanor Complaint against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed in Albany City Court,” he said. “As this is a sex crime, a redacted complaint will be available shortly.”
Commisso’s was the most serious allegation among the 11 women who accused the disgraced former governor of sexual harassment in Attorney General Letitia James’s bombshell report.