3 August 2021: Which Team Cuomo Players Have Been Grilled by NY AG Investigators?

Cuomo Grilled for 11 Hours in Sexual Harassment Inquiry

In addition to details about Andrew M. Cuomo's 11 hour long videotaped deposition of 17 July 2021, this report details the senior Cuomo administration officials who have been depositioned in the state attorney general's investigation. Here's an excerpt identifying several of the most senior members of Team Cuomo who have been questioned about their roles in Cuomo's multiple scandals, where "Mr. Azzopardi" refers to Cuomo's communications director/chief PR flack Richard Azzopardi:

Investigators have interviewed Mr. Azzopardi, two people briefed on the matter said, as well as Beth Garvey, Mr. Cuomo’s acting counsel; Linda Lacewell, the superintendent of the state’s Department of Financial Services and Mr. Cuomo’s former chief of staff and counselor; and Melissa DeRosa, secretary to the governor, a fixture in Mr. Cuomo’s Covid-19 briefings and the top-ranking unelected official in the state.

They have also taken testimony from Stephanie Benton, the governor’s office director. Charlotte Bennett, who in February became the second former aide to accuse Mr. Cuomo, has said that she once overheard Ms. Benton say that she completed a mandatory sexual harassment training on behalf of the governor in 2019. The governor’s office has said Ms. Benton “categorically denies the exchange,” adding that Mr. Cuomo completed the training himself.

Investigators also questioned Judith Mogul, a special counsel who is resigning this week. Ms. Mogul was one of the Cuomo aides who handled Ms. Bennett’s complaint, which included allegations that Mr. Cuomo made inappropriate comments that she interpreted as sexual overtures while they were alone in his Albany office.

"Ms. Bennett" refers to Charlotte Bennett, the second woman to come forward with serious allegations that Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed her.