sheriff s department and filing allegations of groping and an investigation was open. that is extremely unusual when talking about an instance that is involving the former governor of new york. sent a release out saying they have no knowledge of this happening. has the former governor responded? his personal attorney released a statement to cnn staying, again, governor cuomo has never assaulted anyone and also saying, accusing that sheriff who filed there complaint of motives that are quote pat lently improper. the governor now has to make an appearance and that is set for
governor andrew cuomo of an incident that happened in the governor s mansion on december 7th, 2020, saying in the complaint that the governor placed his hand under the blouse of the victim and touched her intimately. now, remember, this is now coming a few months after that scathing attorney general s report, as you mentioned, that accused the governor of sexual harassment of 11 women and we learned of one of those women filing allegations against the governor of inappropriate behavior, groping, and an investigation was open. that s the interesting part about this, anderson. this complaint was filed by the albany county sheriff s department without the knowledge of the albany county d.a. s office. and that is extremely unusual, particularly when we re talking about an instance that is involving the former governor of new york. we can talk more about that, but we can tell you that the d.a. s
filed about the albany county sheriff s department after that attorney general s report came out, and the district attorney there, the sheriff s office came out together and said we re going to investigate this. in fact, we know that the person who was identified in the a.j. s report as an executive assistant number one, she was interviewed several time by the sheriff s department, but what s so unusual about this is that the sheriff s office filed this one-page complaint and didn t seemingly tell the district attorney that he was going to do it. so that s what we re trying to get to the bottom of that. that s so unusual, particularly when we re talking about a sex crime and particularly when we re talking about the former governor of new york, so listen, erica, we re actually waiting on a press conference from the sheriff because a lot of people have questions for him. that s beginning at 2:30, so we ll get you updated on that, but pass far as cuomo s team, what they are saying right
allegations of groping by the governor with that department. we know an investigation was opened, we know that that former aide sat down for several interviews. so we know then that this is going to move forward. we re going to see andrew cuomo have to answer to this. the interesting thing though to note here, erica, is that the albany county sheriff s department did not coordinate with the albany county district attorney s office before filing this complaint. and that s highly unusual, particularly when we re talking about the former governor of new york being involved in this. and also because from the very beginning we were told that those two sides would be working together to coordinate this. there is a lot of questions still that are very curious and we re trying to answer. we know the governor does have a court date set for november 17th. that part is curious. you re right. i know you re digging for a little more on that. appreciate it. thank you. this morning, for the first
mansion. cuomo s attorney denied the allegation. cuomo resigned in august following the new york attorney general s report that found he sexually harassed multiple women. cnn s brynn gingras joining me now. what is next here. reporter: what is next is andrew cuomo needs to appear in court. let me walk you through this more. as you said this say misdemeanor criminal complaint filed in albany city court for forcible touching, alleging that andrew cuomo as you said forcibly placed his hand it reads on the complaint under the blouse of a victim in the governor s mansion on date december 7th, 2020. it comes just a few months after that scathing report that was released by the new york attorney general s office that accused cuomo of sexually harassing 11 women and if you remember one of those women was identified as executive assistant number one. shortly after that report came out, we know that that former aide went to the albany county sheriff s department and filed