NEW YORK — A former aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed suit against him and former top administration officials Wednesday, alleging he tried to groom her for sex and aggressively retaliated when she spoke up about it.
The suit filed by Charlotte Bennett, one of nearly a dozen women whose allegations prompted Cuomo’s resignation last year, in Manhattan Federal Court accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation.
Bennett, hired by Cuomo’s office in January 2019 when she was 23, reiterates previously public claims that the former governor regularly subjected her to unwanted sexual comments and assigning her “humiliating” tasks.
