Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference Jan. 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is "entirely fictitious" and should be dismissed, his defense attorney Alex Spiro wrote in a new court filing.Spiro is assisting the city s Law Department in defending the mayor, who, as a New York City Police Department captain at the time of the alleged conduct, is eligible for free legal representation from the city.The attorney set to work Tuesday, filing the answer to a complaint from Lorna Beach-Mathura, who claimed she and Adams were both working for the Transit Bureau in the early 1990s when he allegedly sexually harassed her by driving her to a remote lot, demanding oral sex, exposing himself and forcing her to touch him. Her lawsuit also named the city and the NYPD."The allegations of wrongdoing in the Complaint are entirely fictitious, and Defendants expect and are
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While the mayor has vigorously denied any wrongdoing sharply saying again Tuesday: "Never happened, it's not who I am" just the lingering accusations could weigh down his reelect campaign, political insiders told The Post.