NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who has accused him of sexual harassment met with investigators on Monday, her attorney said.
Charlotte Bennett, who accused Cuomo of asking her inappropriate questions about her personal life last June in an attempt to “sleep with” her, “met with investigators via Zoom for more than four hours” on Monday, her attorney, Debra Katz, said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
“She detailed her allegations of sexual harassment and provided the investigators with more than 120 pages of contemporaneous records, as well as other examples of documentary evidence, to corroborate her accusations against Gov. Cuomo and his senior staff,” Katz wrote.
“The investigators have been moving quickly, and with sensitivity, to get to the heart of these allegations,” she added. “We remain confident that their investigation will substantiate Charlotte’s claims of sexual harassment against Gov. Cuomo, as well as the failure of his senior staff to meet their mandatory reporting requirements under the very laws he signed.”
In her statement, Katz said Bennett told investigators Cuomo had a “preoccupation with his hand size and what the large size of his hands indicated to Charlotte and other members of his staff.”
She also said Bennett “detailed information about the sexually hostile work environment the Governor fostered in both his Manhattan and Albany offices and his deliberate efforts to create rivalries and tension among female staffers on whom he bestowed attention.”
“As we have said before, it is imperative that this investigation not only focus on Gov. Cuomo’s actions, but also on the culture of fear, abuse and secrecy that he and his most senior staff cultivated,” she said. “To that end, we have full confidence in the investigation and the investigators.”
The former acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Joon Kim, and employment discrimination lawyer Anne Clark are currently leading an independent investigation into the allegations Cuomo is facing.