Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced former staffer Brittany Commisso with the aim of getting “personal sexual satisfaction,” she said in an interview Monday morning.
“These were not hugs he would give his mother or his brother. These are hugs with the intention of getting some personal sexual satisfaction out of it,” Commisso, 32, said on “CBS This Morning.”
“It was not normal, it was not welcome and it was certainly not consensual,” she added of the incident at the Executive Mansion in Albany.
Commisso — previously identified as “Executive Assistant #1” in the Attorney General Letitia James’ blistering report accusing Cuomo of sexually harassing 11 women — last week filed a criminal complaint against the governor. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said Saturday Cuomo could face “a couple” misdemeanor charges.
Commisso identified herself as “Executive Assistant #1” for the first time in clips of the CBS interview released Sunday, in which she said the governor “broke the law” by groping her breast under her shirt.
“The governor needs to be held accountable,” she said.
“What he did to me was a crime. He broke the law.”
Eleven women — including nine current or former state staffers — have accused the governor of sexual assault or harassment. Cuomo has denied any wrongdoing, and on Friday sent lawyers to attack the credibility of some of the accusers.