14 January 2022: Cuomo Attorneys Restart Smear Machine Ahead of Civil Lawsuits

Andrew Cuomo lawyer levels accusations of her own against alleged victim Lindsey Boylan

Andrew M. Cuomo's legal team stepped up its attacks on 13 January 2022, seeking to discredit both New York's state attorney general sexual harassment probe and the first woman to allege she was sexually harassed by Cuomo. Here's an extended excerpt to give a sense of the claims:

The lawyer defending former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against multiple sexual harassment allegations leveled some accusations of her own Thursday.

Attorney Rita Glavin held a virtual press conference where she alleged that one of Cuomo’s accusers got “more than professional” with the state’s economic development czar — and later used a special, super-secret messaging app to threaten him.

Glavin said evidence recently turned over to her by state Attorney General Letitia James revealed that Empire State Development CEO Howard Zemsky told investigators about a time in late 2017 when he and Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan, then his chief of staff, were “more than professional.”

“I’ll leave it at that,” Glavin said of Zemsky’s admission at her own virtual press conference. Cuomo was not in attendance....

Glavin also said Boylan later used the Confide app — which sends encrypted text messages that self-destruct and can’t be captured in screenshots — to contact Zemsky after he and other officials disputed her allegation that Cuomo asked her to play strip poker during a flight on his official jet.

“I can’t wait to destroy your life, your [sic] s–t follower,” Boylan allegedly told Zemsky, according to Glavin.

“And I presume Ms. Boylan is referring to herself and knowing something about Mr. Zemsky.”

After getting Boylan’s text, Zemsky “changed his story” but she was never questioned by James’ investigators about sending it or using the app, Glavin said during a nearly two-hour, virtual news conference.

“The AG had evidence that Ms. Boylan was tampering with a witness, trying to get him to corroborate her and threatened to destroy his life if he didn’t,” she said.

Cuomo's personal attorney also made a point of attacking the media:

Also during her marathon news conference — which at times seemed more like the closing defense argument after a months-long trial — Glavin repeatedly attacked the news media for its coverage of the allegations against Cuomo and accused lawmakers of rushing to judgment against him.

But Glavin never acknowledged that government leaders are held to higher standards than private citizens, although she admitted at one point, “I’m not an elected official, I don’t have to run for reelection.”

With three separate county district attorneys having dropped criminal sexual harassment-related cases against Cuomo that each described as "credible", we view Cuomo's attorney's comments as an indication they are gearing up to defend Cuomo against multiple civil litigation lawsuits that could cost Cuomo millions in damages.