Cuomo accuser: 'He has not apologized for sexually harassing me'

The former executive assistant for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke on camera for the first time since revealing allegations, saying, "He was sexually harassing me, and he has not apologized for sexually harassing me."

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Charlotte Bennett, 25, said the governor asked her intimate and inappropriate questions about her personal life in an attempt to sleep with her. Cuomo's office did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner's request for comment on the allegations.

She alleged that the 63-year-old governor questioned her sex life, including if she was in a monogamous relationship, and if she had sex with older men.

Cuomo apologized during a COVID-19 press conference Wednesday, saying it was not his intention to make Bennett or two other women accusing him of sexual harassment "uncomfortable," saying it was "unintentional" and denying he ever touched anyone inappropriately.

"I fully support a woman's right to come forward," Cuomo said, later adding, "I truly apologize for how I feel awful about it. And frankly, I am embarrassed by it."

Bennett does not accept the governor's apology.

"It's not an apology. It's not an issue of my feelings. It's an issue of his actions," Bennett told CBS News. "The fact is that he was sexually harassing me, and he has not apologized for sexually harassing me, and he can't even use my name."

She did not come forward with her allegations until another former aide accusing the governor of sexual harassment, Lindsey Boylan, came forward with her statement in late February.

Since the two aides have come forward, former journalist Lindsay Nielsen alleged this week the Cuomo administration attempted ... (Read more)

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