One of the women who accused then-Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment and other charges in 2021–leading to Cuomo resigning from office and ultimately getting charged with a misdemeanor–has filed a lawsuit against him under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, a law signed by Cuomo’s successor in May 2022. The lawsuit seeks damages against both Cuomo personally and the State of New York as her employer.
According to the New York Daily News, Brittany Commisso’s three-page complaint says Cuomo’s inappropriate behavior ran from inappropriate remarks about her appearance to fondling her breasts. “All of (this) was objectively unreasonable and abusive and reasonably perceived by plaintiff as being abusive,” the court filing charged. “She was required to suffer to maintain employment and avoid adverse changes in the condition and terms of employment, which in fact she later suffered in retaliation for rejecting and reporting the same.” (Normally, National Zero would not report on the name of a sexual assault accuser, but Commisso not only used her name in the complaint, but she was also identified and interviewed by CBS News when the story broke in 2021.)