New York Mayor Denies 1993 Sexual Assault Accusations

The mayor of New York, Eric AdamsHe denied attacking a woman three decades ago who sued him under a law that expires this Thursday and which allows victims of sexual violence to report their attackers even if the facts have expired.

The complaint, presented electronically on Wednesday night, blames the mayor for “sexual assault, injury and employment discrimination based on the complainant’s sex and gender, retaliation, hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress“, according to the document presented in the High court of justice in New York.

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The events would have occurred in 1993, when both worked at New York City Hall.

These allegations “are not at all true“, he reacted on this holiday Thursday, the day of Thanksgiving in U.Sthe mayor, a former police officer of African-American origin.

“I would never do anything to hurt anyone”, declared Adams, elected mayor of New York in 2022.

Previously, his spokesman had assured that the mayor “You don’t know who this person is”. “If they ever met, he doesn’t remember”, he concluded.

The complainant, Lorna Beach-Mathurawhich also accuses other public institutions in the city in the same civil action, asks for a minimum financial compensation of 5 million dollars, which must be determined by a jury.

Eric Leroy Adams63 years old, he spent his career in the New York police, where he was a captain before entering local politics with the Democratic Party.

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The mayor is the target of another investigation into the origin of funds for his campaign for mayor of New York, which seeks to determine whether he received money from the government of Türkiye.

In recent days, the New York Supreme Court received several reports of sexual assault covered by the Adult Survivor Actwhich allows the presentation of cases already prescribed and which, after being in force for a year, expires this Thursday at midnight.

In addition to Adams, the lead singer of the hard rock group Guns N’ Roses was also denounced Axl Rosethe actor Jamie Foxxand the rapper Sean Combs who, despite having reached an agreement with a complainant, was once again the target of a new lawsuit for sexual assault this Thursday.

Source: Elcomercio

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