Andrew Cuomo WASHINGTON, Jan 8 A US court dismissed the only criminal charge that led to suspicion of sexual harassment that cost former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to his post, CNN reports. The case was closed at the request of prosecutors, which admitted that it was impossible to prove the truth of the words of a certain Brittany Commiso, who claimed that Cuomo, left alone with her, climbed in without permission under his blouse and touched his chest. «As the governor said, it simply did not happen. Today common sense and the rule of law triumphed, and not politicking, verbiage or the mentality of the crowd,» — quotes CNN attorney Cuomo Rita Glavin. Prosecutors of two suburbs of New York in announced last month that they would not press formal charges following an investigation into the claims of several other women who complained of unwanted kissing or touching Kuomo lost his post as governor due to harassment allegations reported by 11 women who worked with him over the years. Cuomo maintains his innocence and claims that the attacks against him are politically motivated. He also said that his penchant for tactile contact was friendly and devoid of sexual connotation.
