Sheriff's office to speak Friday about Cuomo's groping charge

Law enforcement officials successful Albany, New York, volition clasp a property league Friday to sermon the misdemeanor enactment transgression complaint against erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Officials with the Albany County Sheriff's Office volition little the media a time aft it was announced that Cuomo had been charged with 1 number of forcible touching.

A transgression ailment filed successful Albany City Court alleges that Cuomo placed his manus up a woman's garment astatine the Governor's Executive Mansion successful December of past year.

Cuomo denied the allegations Thursday successful a connection from his lawyer, Rita Galvin.

"Governor Cuomo has ne'er assaulted anyone," Glavin said.

In August, Cuomo resigned arsenic New York's governor, weeks aft a report commissioned by authorities lawyer wide Letitia James elaborate allegations from 11 women accusing him of intersexual battle and harassment.

The study alleged that Cuomo had engaged successful unwanted groping, kissing, and hugging and made inappropriate comments to the women during his clip successful office.

In summation to the unwanted intersexual advances, James' study alleged that Cuomo had fostered a "hostile enactment environment" that was "rife with fearfulness and intimidation."

On Thursday, James said successful a connection that the caller complaint against Cuomo validated her office's investigation.

"From the infinitesimal my bureau received the referral to analyse allegations that erstwhile Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed aggregate women, we proceeded without fearfulness oregon favor," the connection read. "The transgression charges brought contiguous against Mr. Cuomo for forcible touching further validate the findings successful our report."

The Albany County Sheriff's Office volition clasp its property league Friday astatine 2:30 p.m. ET.