{"id":180136,"date":"2021-02-27T21:51:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T02:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180136"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:31:31","slug":"now-its-two-second-woman-claims-cuomo-sexually-harassed-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-its-two-second-woman-claims-cuomo-sexually-harassed-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Now It\u2019s Two: Second Woman Claims Cuomo Sexually Harassed Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnow-its-two-second-woman-claims-cuomo-sexually-harassed-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1223243925.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Now it\u2019s two.<\/p>\n<p>A second woman who worked for Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accusing him of sexual harassment. Charlotte Bennett, 25, worked as an executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo administration until she left in November. She told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nyregion\/cuomo-charlotte-bennett-sexual-harassment.html?action=click&#038;module=Spotlight&#038;pgtype=Homepage\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0that the harassment began in the spring of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that Bennett claimed Cuomo, 63, had asked her questions about her sex life, whether her relationships were monogamous, and whether she ever had sex with older men. The interview with the Times was prompted after Bennett reacted to the sexual harassment accusation against Cuomo made by ex-aide Lindsey Boylan on Wednesday by tweeting, \u201cFor those wondering what it\u2019s like to work for the Cuomo admin, read @LindseyBoylan\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those wondering what it\u2019s like to work for the Cuomo admin, read <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyBoylan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LindseyBoylan<\/a>\u2019s story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PfWhTJgHuU\">https:\/\/t.co\/PfWhTJgHuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Bennett (@_char_bennett_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_char_bennett_\/status\/1364613777023451136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times then contacted Bennett, who said she wanted to fight back against how Cuomo \u201cwields his power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woman-who-accused-andrew-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment-finally-details-allegations\/\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On Wednesday, Boylan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@lindseyboylan4NY\/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e\">wrote<\/a> a lengthy article on Medium detailing her allegations against Cuomo, beginning with a suggestion the government made while the two were on his taxpayer-funded jet in which he suggested they play \u201cstrip poker.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I was thinking,\u201d Boylan said she responded, claiming her statement was made \u201csarcastically and awkwardly\u201d and that she \u201ctried to play it cool.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGovernor Andrew Cuomo has created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned but expected. His inappropriate behavior toward women was an affirmation that he liked you, that you must be doing something right. He used intimidation to silence his critics. And if you dared to speak up, you would face consequences,\u201d Boylan wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bennett started with the Cuomo administration in early 2019 as a briefer in the Manhattan office. Prior to that, she had graduated from Hamilton College in 2017, where she founded a sexual misconduct task force. In a matter of months, Bennett was promoted to senior briefer and executive assistant after Cuomo interviewed her; she said they shared connections with Westchester County and she had competed against one of his daughters in middle-school soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said Cuomo periodically asked her about her dating life, but added, \u201cI saw him more as a father figure. I wasn\u2019t thinking about it as anything sexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But on May 15, 2020, Bennett said, she arrived early in the morning at the Capitol around 7 a.m. to drop off some briefing papers and Cuomo reputedly queried her about her love life and whether she had a relationship with other members of the governor\u2019s staff. The Times examined texts Bennett sent to another Cuomo staff member that discussed the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Ms. Bennett said she had mentioned a speech she was scheduled to give to Hamilton students about her experience as a survivor of sexual assault. She said she had been taken aback by Mr. Cuomo\u2019s seeming fixation on that element of her life experience. \u201cThe way he was repeating, \u2018You were raped and abused and attacked and assaulted and betrayed,\u2019 over and over again while looking me directly in the eyes was something out of a horror movie,\u201d she wrote in a second text to her friend. \u201cIt was like he was testing me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bennett told the Times of the May 15 meeting, \u201cAnything before it I now see differently. I now understand that as grooming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On June 5, Bennett claimed, Cuomo asked whether she had a love interest, whether she was monogamous, and whether she had had sex with older men. The Times examined texts that Bennett sent that same day to a friend delineating how upset she was from the meeting. She wrote, \u201cSomething just happened and I can\u2019t even type it out or put it in a video,\u201d adding that she and Cuomo had discussed \u201cage differences in relationships.\u201d She wrote the next day to her friend, saying Cuomo had queried her about whether she was having sex with others \u201cwhile in my recent relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe asked me if I believed if age made a difference in relationships and he also asked me in the same conversation if I had ever been with an older man,\u201d Bennett told the Times, adding that Cuomo told her \u201che\u2019s fine with anyone above the age of 22,\u201d after the subject of her speech at Hamilton on her 25th birthday came up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>A friend of Ms. Bennett\u2019s, a former Cuomo administration official, said he had spoken to her shortly after the June 5 episode. He confirmed the contours of her account, saying that she had made it clear to him that she believed the governor wanted to have sex with her,\u201d The Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said that at one point, she and Cuomo had discussed a tattoo she might be getting and he suggested she put it on her buttocks so a dress would cover it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Cuomo said in a statement to The Times on Saturday that he believed he had been acting as a mentor and had \u2018never made advances toward Ms. Bennett, nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate.\u2019 He said he had requested an independent review of the matter and asked that New Yorkers await the findings \u2018before making any judgments,\u2019\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now it\u2019s two. A second woman who worked for Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accusing him of sexual harassment. 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