New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he wants to tell his side of the story, but will continue to refrain out of respect for two ongoing investigations into allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women.
Cuomo said it’s been “very difficult letting people make accusations and not responding.” The alleged incidents include inappropriate comments, unwelcome kisses and, in one instance, groping under a woman’s shirt.
“The complainants have continued to go to the press and make their complaints in the press, and I have not been able to respond,” Cuomo said. “That’s not fair and that’s not right.”
Cuomo has denied he sexually harassed anyone or intentionally tried to make anyone uncomfortable, and his attorney has refuted some of the specific allegations.
There is no legal reason why Cuomo can’t offer his own detailed account of the alleged incidents, but the governor said he is holding off while the investigations by the state’s attorney general and an Assembly impeachment inquiry are continuing.
