Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Is Representing One Of Andrew Cuomo’s Accusers

The lawyer who represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser is representing one of the women who has accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.  “He was abusing his power over her for sex,” Debra Katz said of Cuomo. “This is textbook sexual harassment.”  Katz represented Christine Blasey Ford in September 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee ultimately found “no evidence” to corroborate Ford’s claims against Kavanaugh. Video footage later showed Katz saying that putting “an asterisk next to” Kavanaugh’s name before “he takes a scalpel” to Roe v. Wade was “part of what motivated” Ford to speak out.

The lawyer who represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser is representing one of the women who has accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.

Katz, Marshall, and Banks LLP issued a press release Wednesday announcing that attorney Debra Katz will represent Charlotte Bennett in her allegations against the governor.

Katz represented Christine Blasey Ford in September 2018 when Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school. The Senate Judiciary Committee ultimately found “no evidence” to corroborate Ford’s claims against him.

Bennett told the New York Times that Cuomo asked her about her sex life, asked her whether she practiced monogamy, whether she was interested in older men, and discussed her past sexual assault with her in an uncomfortable manner.

Bennett also said that Cuomo suggested he was open to dating women her age and that she believes he was grooming her.

“Ms. Bennett will cooperate fully with the Attorney General’s investigation,” Katz said in a Monday statement.

“We are confident that no disinterested investigator who reviews this evidence would adopt the Governor’s self-serving characterization of his behavior as mentorship or, at worst, unwanted flirtation,” Katz said. “He was not acting as a mentor and his remarks were not misunderstood by Ms. Bennett. He was abusing his power over her for sex. This is textbook sexual harassment.”

Exclusive video footage obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation in September 2019 showed Katz saying that putting “an asterisk next to” Kavanaugh’s name before “he takes a scalpel” to Roe v. Wade was “part of what motivated” Ford to speak out.

“In the aftermath of these hearings, I believe that Christine’s testimony brought about more good than the harm misogynist Republicans caused by allowing Kavanaugh on the court,” Katz said in April 2019, speaking at the University of Baltimore’s 11th Feminist Legal Theory Conference, “Applied Feminism and #MeToo.”

“He will always have an asterisk next to his name,” Katz continued. “When he takes a s... (Read more)

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