Rockland/Westchester Journal News
When Charlotte Bennett was 12 years old, Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved into a home less than 5 miles from hers in Westchester County.
Cuomo, then the attorney general of New York, was raising his three daughters with his then-girlfriend Sandra Lee, the celebrity chef.
Their worlds even collided briefly: Bennett once played middle-school soccer with one of Cuomo’s daughters.
Now Bennett, 25, whom friends and neighbors describe as thoughtful, quiet and civic-minded, is among three women who have publicly accused Cuomo of sexual harassment.
In interviews with CBS’ Norah O’Donnell and the New York Times, Bennett, who worked in the Cuomo administration, much of her time as an aide, detailed multiple instances in which the governor, who is 63, allegedly made inappropriate comments. He asked Bennett, a victim of sexual assault, if her experience had impacted her sex life, she said. He allegedly told Bennett he was comfortable dating 22-year-olds, an
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