4w ago

Andrew Cuomo Photographed Kissing and Grabbing Lawyer Who Defended Him From Sexual Harassment Accusations

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Jfc, he spent $20 million of taxpayer dollars to defend himself in court? Why the fuck do politicians get to use public funds to legally defend themselves?
- If they didn't, then the result would be constant SLAPP suits against politicians that are disliked by a certain type of asshole.
  What should happen is that money should be instantly applied to the politician as debt when the case is lost.
  That's a good middle ground of protecting them from the worst actors, but not from their actual actions.
  I would also love it if a plaintiff attorney could act as a prosecutor in cases of corruption or violated rights, with the ability to send politicians (and cops) to prison when they violate rights.
  The current arrangement is not acceptable.
  
  If public defenders are good enough for everyone else, they’re good enough for politicians. Maybe they’ll actually get some funding and support that way.
Good god. No wonder Trump supported him.
"Im not a sex pest, I'm iTaLiAn"
-Cuomo more or less
“Mr. Cuomo, in 2021, thirteen different women who worked in your administration credibly accused you of sexual harassment,” said Mamdani. “Since then, you have spent more than $20 million in taxpayer funds to defend yourself, all while describing these allegations as entirely political. You have even gone so far as to legally go after these women. One of those women, Charlotte Bennett, is here in the audience this evening.”
I didn't even know this happened at a debate. Nice
- Reminds me of when Liz Warren slaughtered Mike Bloomberg onstage during a debate. His campaign nosedived after it and never recovered!
  https://youtu.be/BpJAZ2mcSqk
No one deserves to be sexually harassed or assaulted. Just wish his lawyer figured that out sooner.
Jesus, After seeing those awful ads against Mandami, Mandami could just have run this as his whole campaign.
“average new yorker harasses women” factoid actualy just statistical error. Sexual Harassment Georg, who used to be mayor and sexually harasses over 10,000 women each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
- It is true a lot of crime statistics across the US are skewed horribly by a minority of chronic, repeat offenders.
  
  That's everywhere. Most people just live their lives. Outliers drive almost everything.
Lawyers are hired to defend you, regardless of whether or not you're guilty. She may not have liked this, but she can't claim she was surprised.
The dude lost, why the fuck are we still talking about him? jfc
- He lost this election. Who knows what else he may run for in future. He also didn't stop being a public figure.
  
  gee a rapist from New York, no way he could ever be President.
  Twice.
Why would we assume it's not consensual? It would make sense if they're fucking.
- Why would we assume its not consensual?
- Track record
- The title made me assume it wasn't but the article doesn't say anything about it not having been consensual. Clickbait
  
  You should look at the photos.

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