New York scandal: Former adviser to Governor Andrew Cuomo accused him of sexual harassment, gave details

Lindsey Boylan, former adviser to the governor of new York, Andrew Cuomo, and current candidate for president of the county of Manhattan, revealed new details about the alleged harassment he suffered during the four years he worked for the governor, and that Cuomo denied. Boylan, came to occupy the post of vice-secretary of the Department of Economic Development Before leaving the governor’s office in 2018, he said last December that the politician had “sexually harassed for years“.

“Many saw it and watched», He affirmed then. “I never knew what to expect: would he question me about my work (which was great) or harass me about my appearance? Or would it be both in the same conversation? It was like that for years“He added.

On this occasion, last December, when Boylan he served Twitter to launch their first accusations, Cuomo insured: “the tweets are just not true “and added that he believes” a woman has the right to express her opinion“.

However, in a letter published in Way, Boylan argued that on one occasion in October 2017, the governor offered to play strip poker, a variant of the card game in which the loser has to undress and kiss him on the lips in another.

“We were returning home from an event in western New York in October 2017 on his tax-paid plane. He was sitting across from me, so close that our knees almost touched. His press officer was to my right and there was a state soldier behind us.“, wrote Boylan who assured that he replied with sarcasm and surprise: “that’s exactly what i thought“.

Shortly after the publication of the brief, the governor’s press secretary, Caitlin Girouard, denied the allegations of Boylan underline: “as we have said before, the accusations of inappropriate behavior by Ms Boylan (of Cuomo) are simply false“.

It’s a statement, Girouard offered data from four flights shared by Boylan Yes Cuomo in October 2017 and assured that the four people who shared a plane with them, identified as John Major, Howard zemsky, Dani Lever Yes Fashouer Collins Abbey they agreed that “says the conversation did not take place“.

In 2018, he ensures Boylan in his letter, on another occasion when he was alone with the governor in his office, Cuomo he kissed her on the lips. “I was shocked but I kept on walking“, He wrote before saying that his biggest concern at the time was that no one had seen him so as not to think his promotion was due to”attraction“How the governor felt about her.

In September of the same year, he resigned because, he said, he could not stand the situation any longer. Boylan assures that he wrote this letter in light of complaints from several politicians regarding the alleged harassment of Cuomo to collaborators and colleagues, and who have put the politician between a rock and a hard place. He also pointed out that at least two colleagues had confessed to him that they had experienced situations similar to his, but that they had not dared to report it. “I hope that by sharing my story, I can pave the way for other women to do the same.», Concludes Boylan.

(With information from EFE) .-

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