Lindsay Boylan, 36
Former colleague Lindsay Boylan, 36, was the first woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual assault in a Medium post on February 24. She claimed that the governor asked her to play strip poker and kissed her on the lips without her permission when he worked for her. in 2017.
Lindsay Boylan, 36
Charlotte Bennett, 25
Charlotte Bennett, 25, came forward days after Boylan claimed Cuomo sexually assaulted her last June, when she was working as a health policy adviser in his administration at the height of the COVID-19 crisis.
Bennett accused Cuomo of ‘grooming’ her and asking inappropriate questions about her sex life.
He also claimed that he told her that he was ready to date women in their 20s.
Bennett said that the governor asked him about his love life—in which he had never had sex with older men—and spoke about himself, saying that age differences didn’t matter in relationships and that he was 22. Was ready to date older women.
During a meeting alone in his office, the governor said he was single and talked about wanting to hug someone, Bennett said.
She said she swiftly complained to Cuomo’s chief of staff and was transferred to another job.
She said she spoke to a lawyer for the governor, but did not insist on further action because she liked her new position and wanted to move on.
Anna Ruch, 33
Anna Ruch was the third woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual assault and so far the only woman who did not work with him in a professional capacity. She claimed that Cuomo put a hand on her face and asked if he could kiss her just moments after they met at their September 2019 wedding in Manhattan.
Anna Liss, 35
Anna Liss, 35, a former colleague, said Cuomo asked her if she had a boyfriend, once kissed his hand on her desk and called her patronizing names including “Blondie,” “Sweetheart” and “Honey.” .
At a reception, the governor hugged her and then placed his hand around her lower back and waist, as he photographed, Liss said.
She said that she eventually asked for a job transfer. In an interview, Liss said she was “not claiming to be sexually assaulted herself,” but she felt the administration was “not a safe place for young women to work.”
Liss, who previously served as Cuomo’s policy and operations associate between 2013 and 2015, told the Wall Street Journal that during his administration, the governor had touched his lower back, kissed his hand and asked him to Subject to unsolicited advances including making inquiries. About his love life.
Karen Hinton, 62
The earliest allegations against Cuomo were those of Karen Hinton, who two decades ago headed the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, worked as a press aide for him and was a consultant for the agency. Hinton told the Washington Post about an incident in 2000 when she said Cuomo invited her to his ‘low-light’ hotel room and hugged her after a work event. She said she tried to get away from Cuomo when he pulled her back and held her before she managed to escape from the room.
unnamed sixth accuser
The deadliest charges ever leveled against Cuomo came from the sixth accuser, whose name has not been released.
According to the Times Union of Albany, the accuser, who is a member of Cuomo’s staff, alleged that he locked a door, reached under her blouse and called her to the governor’s mansion in Albany for help with her cellphone. loved her
It first reported his allegation last month; He then went into more detail on the matter in his first interview.
The Times Union reported that the woman spoke on condition of anonymity to protect her privacy, although her identity is known within the governor’s circle.
The woman, an executive assistant, told the Times union that the governor kissed her on the cheek and hugged her inappropriately tightly over the years and commented, ‘If you were single, those things I would do to you’ and ‘I ‘ single and ready to mingle.’
Then, one day in November, she was called to his executive mansion office to help with her cellphone problem, she said.
He got up from his desk, started groping her and told her ‘I don’t care’ when he tried to remove her by saying he was going to get them into trouble, and then he slammed the door, she said.
Then he reached under her blouse and grabbed one of her breasts over her bra, he told the newspaper.
According to the newspaper, the woman told a coworker about the alleged encounter this winter, and the coworker told a supervisor in early March.
Cuomo called the report ‘gut-wrenching’ in a March statement and said: ‘I’ve never done anything like this.’
Another female colleague, who remains anonymous, claimed that he called her to his executive mansion last year, reached under her blouse and made love to her.
Jessica Beckman
Jessica Beckman claimed in a first-person article for New York magazine that she had been sexually assaulted by Cuomo on several occasions since the start of her journalism career in 2012.
Beckman added his voice as the seventh accuser detailing inappropriate touching by the governor as he continued to refute all claims.
“He took my hand, as if to shake it, then refused to let go,” Beckman wrote of a conversation with Cuomo, who said goodnight at a holiday party in 2014, when she was only 25 years old. Was.
‘He put his other hand around my back, put my hand on my waist, and held me firmly, indicating to a photographer that he wanted us to pose for a picture.’
At the time Beckman was now working for Politico New York and claimed that red flags were raised because his job was to ‘analyze and investigate them’.
She wrote, ‘I didn’t want a picture of him with hands on my body and a smile on his face.’
Jessica Beckman, a reporter who once covered the Cuomo administration, was the seventh woman to come forward with harassment claims
‘But I made the reflective assessment that most women and marginalized people know instinctively, risk and calculated about power and self-preservation. I knew it would be far easier to smile for the brief moment it took to snap a picture than to challenge one of the most powerful men in the country.’
In an earlier 2012 incident, when she was working for USA Today, Beckman also claims that Cuomo kept her by his side because he told a story to his male colleagues.
“He left it there, and held me next to him for several minutes, telling me his story,” she said. ‘I stood there, my cheeks hot, my male peers did the same. We all knew it was wrong, but we did nothing.
The reporter, who now works in Florida, claimed that Cuomo “never forget that I was a woman” because she also alleged that he used her purple hair instead of answering her question during a press gaggle. Made constant attempts to humiliate her including calling the phone. ,
Alyssa McGrath, 33
McGrath, a current administrative assistant in Cuomo’s office, told The New York Times that he looked down at her shirt, questioned her about her marital status, and told her that she was beautiful, using an Italian phrase to call her her mother. Had to ask father to explain.
McGrath did not say that the governor had sexual contact with her, but felt her behavior was sexual harassment.
She remembered Cuomo kissing her on his forehead and holding her firmly around the sides as she posed for a photo at the 2019 Office Christmas Party.
Alyssa McGrath (pictured) is one of two aides who have come forward to accuse the governor of harassment
Sherry Will, 55
Sherry Will, 55, accused Cuomo of sexual misconduct during a news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, on Monday.
She alleged that Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her on both cheeks ‘aggressively and sexually’ in May 2017 when he was visiting her home GreeceNear Rochester, he inspected local flood damage.
Will, who said she felt uncomfortable at the time, shared an image taken by her daughter that day, in which Cuomo kissed her cheek and held her face and her lawyer told the governor inside her home. Showing many pictures.
The same photos appear on Cuomo’s Flickr account, along with several others that show her kissing and greeting him as he tours the city.
In other photos, no woman has accused the governor of inappropriate behavior or wrongdoing.
On Monday, 55-year-old Sherry Will accused Cuomo of sexual misconduct. Will, who said she felt uncomfortable at the time, shared an image taken by her daughter that day of Cuomo kissing her cheek and holding her face.