Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, criticized the governor as a “disgusting monster” and called for her resignation after two more women shared their own allegations against the legislature. which would bring the total to five.
Writing on Twitter on Saturday afternoon, Boylan also expressed support for the fourth and fifth indictments, to former Cuomo staff colleagues Ana Liss and Karen Hinton.
“Resign the disgusting monster, @NYGovCuomo,” Boylan tweeted following the last two complaints.
Liss, 35, told the Wall Street Journal in a piece published Saturday that Cuomo kissed her hand once, asked her if she had a boyfriend, and made other comments that made her feel like “just a skirt.” .
And Hinton told the Washington Post that in 2000, Cuomo, then head of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, took her in a hug “too long, too long, too narrow, too intimate” in her bedroom. dimly lit hotel in Els angels.
“I am just proud of Ana Liss. She is brave and also speaks for me ” Boylan tweeted. “It’s extremely destructive that our boss, the governor of New York, treated us that way.”
The message was retweeted by hundreds of people, including fellow accuser and former Cuomo staff member Charlotte Bennett, 25, who has accused the governor of making a series of inappropriate comments that left her convinced that he was pursuing a sexual relationship.
Boylan added of the other new indictment: “Thank you Karen Hinton for bravely sharing your story of how our boss, one of the most powerful men in the country, used his power to abuse you. I send you love. I’m with you. We are with you. “
The fifth charge – and the only one that doesn’t work for Cuomo at any time – is Anna Ruch, 33, who alleged that Cuomo grabbed her and kissed her on the cheek as she tried to pull away. at a wedding they both attended in 2019..
A Cuomo spokesman denied that Hinton’s alleged assault occurred, while claiming he had later reasons to accuse him of sexual harassment.
“That didn’t happen,” Peter Ajemian said in a statement to the Washington Post. “Karen Hinton is a well-known antagonist of the governor who is trying to seize this moment to add economic points to the accusations invented 21 years ago.”
As for the other new indictment, another Cuomo spokesman, Rich Azzopardi, did not specifically deny Liss’s account, but said it was not uncommon to kiss people affectionately.
“Reporters and photographers have covered the governor for 14 years watching him kiss men and women and take pictures. At the public reception of the open-door mansion, there are hundreds of people, and he puts up hundreds of photographs, “Azzopardi told the newspaper.” That’s what people do in politics. “
Cuomo offered a similar explanation during a press conference last week, the first since the scandal erupted.
The governor also offered a conditional apology “yes [his accusers] they felt offended ”by his statements and flatly refused to touch anyone inappropriately.
He promised not to resign, as demanded by a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers and political groups.