23 December 2021: Cuomo Won’t Be Charged for "Credible, Deeply Troubling" Sexual Harassment of Female State Trooper

Cuomo won’t be charged for touching trooper at racetrack

This report covers the decision of New York's Nassau County District Attorney to not prosecute Andrew M. Cuomo in the alleged sexual harassment of a female state trooper at a racetrack in Nassau County.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal charges after a female state trooper said she felt “completely violated” by his unwanted touching at an event at Belmont Park in September 2019, a Long Island prosecutor said Thursday.

Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith said in a statement that an investigation found the allegations against Cuomo “credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law.”

Smith opened the investigation after details of the encounter appeared in Attorney General Letitia James’ August report on sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo. The report chronicled accusations from 11 women and led to Cuomo’s resignation from office, though he has attacked the findings as biased and inaccurate.

A message seeking comment was left with Cuomo’s spokesperson.

According to James’ report, the trooper said Cuomo ran the palm of his left hand across her abdomen, to her belly button and then to her right hip, where she kept her gun, while she held a door open for him as he left an event at Belmont Park on Sept. 23, 2019.

Based on the county district attorney's comments, Andrew M. Cuomo just got the gift of a free pass for "credible, deeply disturbing" misconduct involving the sexual harassment of a state government employee in her jurisdiction, for Christmas. Did we miss anything?