Cuomo Aide Plans to Sue NY Gov in Sex Harassment Case

Lindsey Boylan, the first woman who publicly accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment is planning to sue him following the release of New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) report, which found that Cuomo’s office attempted to retaliate against Boylan after she publicly spoke out against the governor, reports The Hill. According to James’s report, Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa asked Alphonso David, a lawyer who previously worked for Cuomo, to provide her with Boylan’s “full file” after Boylan’s December tweets accusing the governor of sexual harassment. David then passed some of the internal memoranda regarding Boylan to journalists.

Jill Basinger, Boylan’s attorney, said she is confident the lawsuit will be successful. “There is no question that Lindsey was harassed, that she was subjected to a hostile work environment and that she was assaulted,” Basinger told “Good Morning America” on Thursday. “But most problematically, she was retaliated against, not just by the governor, but by his inner circle, both inside the government and out. There was an entire conspiracy to diminish her and to hurt her credibility, and we find that to be the most offensive part of all this.”