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Albany DA: Cuomo sex harass criminal charge from sheriff ‘potentially defective’

The district attorney in Albany on Friday claimed the criminal sexual harassment charge leveled against disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be “potentially defective” because it lacks a sworn statement from the victim in the case, Brittany Commisso.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares requested — and received — a two month delay in Cuomo’s arraignment, sending  a bombshell letter to Judge Holly Trexler, who is overseeing the case.

Cuomo’s arraignment, originally set for Nov. 17, has now been pushed to Jan. 7.

“My office has been investigating this matter for several months,” Soares wrote, referring to the allegations that Cuomo groped Commisso in 2020 at the Governor’s mansion. “We were in the middle of that investigation when the Sheriff unilaterally and inexplicably filed a complaint with this Court.”

“Unfortunately the filings in this matter are potentially defective in that the police-officer-complainant failed to include a sworn statement by the victim such that the People could proceed with a prosecution on these papers,” Soares added.

The DA’s letter charged in a footnote the complaint filed by Albany Sheriff Craig Apple’s officers omitted a portion of a transcript of Commisso’s testimony, which had now been provided to Cuomo’s attorneys because of its “exculpatory nature.”

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2 thoughts on “Albany DA: Cuomo sex harass criminal charge from sheriff ‘potentially defective’”

  1. Sheriff went around the DA for a reason and it looks to be another DA wanting a promotion and Cuomo getting it done. I applaud the sherif for charging him I didn’t think he would.

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