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Albany County DA Drops Sex Crime Charges Against Andrew Cuomo

HeadlineJan 05, 2022

Here in New York, the district attorney of Albany County has announced he is dropping a sex crime charge against disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. In October, the county sheriff filed a criminal complaint against Cuomo, charging him with forcible touching for allegedly groping his former assistant Brittany Commisso inside the Executive Mansion. In a statement, Albany District Attorney David Soares said, “While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, after review of all the available evidence we have concluded that we cannot meet our burden at trial.”

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