12 October 2021: Records Backing Cuomo Sex Harassment Allegations Go to NY Assembly

NY Assembly Judiciary Committee receives new text messages, records tied to Cuomo-accuser: report

Phone and electronic records fleshing out the timing of Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment incident with accuser Brittany Commisso have been provided to the New York Assembly Judiciary Committee compiling a report on Cuomo's misconduct in office.

The Assembly Judiciary Committee has received new records that give more clarity on the timeline behind groping allegations made against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by his executive assistant, Brittany Commisso, according to a report.

Records, including text messages, show Commisso visited ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany’s Executive Mansion in “early” December 2020, where she claims he groped her breasts, the Albany Times Union reported Monday.

Commisso’s claims against the governor were included in 168-page bombshell report released in August by Attorney General Letitia James. But the report left the timing of the alleged groping hazy, as it said in one section that it happened on Nov. 16, but also included a footnote saying that Commisso couldn’t remember the exact date.

But the new data obtained by the committee now gives clarity to the groping allegations, as it includes a December text message Commisso helped Cuomo send his former aide Stephanie Benton, a message allegedly sent about the time of the incident.

The NY Assembly's report on the findings of its impeachment probe of the resigned-in-disgrace governor is anticipated this month. At this writing there is yet no indication of whether the subpoenaed information might delay it.