Cuomo tells fan 'I'm not going anywhere DARLING' amid sex harassment scandal as he's accused of intimidating witnesses

ANDREW Cuomo told a fan, "I'm not going anywhere, darling," amid the ongoing sexual harassment probe into the New York governor.

The comments come as a lawyer for one of Cuomo's accusers suggested that the governor's lawyers are attempting to intimidate witnesses.


On Monday, as Cuomo was leaving an event at the Grace Baptist church in Mounth Vernon, a female fan shouted that she loved the governor and he "better stay" where he is.

Cuomo, who is being investigated for the way he speaks and interacts with women, later replied, "I'm not going anywhere, darling."

The governor has been accused by eight different women, many of them current or former employees, of inappropriate behavior.

However, even as the state attorney general investigates him, Cuomo has maintained that he never harassed anyone.


Debra Katz, who represents former Cuomo employee and accuser Charlotte Bennett, wrote a letter to AG Letitia James claiming that attorneys hired by the Cuomo administration are talking to staff members and "debriefing" them after they speak to James' investigators.

"This is highly improper and we object in the strongest possible terms to this obvious interference with what you have stated would be a 'thorough and independent investigation," the letter said.

"What the governor is doing is classic intimidation of witnesses 101. Trying to know what witnesses are telling investigators after their interviews or asking to come along is clearly designed to chill people's willingness to speak to investigators."

Bennett accused Cuomo of asking her inappropriate questions about her sex life and whether she had sex with older men while she worked in his administration.



She, along with another former staffer Lindsay Boylan who claims Cuomo kissed her, were the first to come forward with allegations against the governor.

The governor was then accused of inappropriately touching a woman named Anna Ruch at a 2019 wedding.

A photo of the two captured their interaction, during which Ruch claims the governor asked to kiss her.

The latest claims came from current staffer Alyssa McGrath, who said Cuomo would "ogle her body, remark on her looks and make suggestive comments to her and another executive aide."

The governor was also accused of groping the breast of another aide at the Executive Mansion.

Speaking to the New York Times, McGrath said the governor, "has a way of making you feel very comfortable around him, almost like you're his friend."

"But then you walk away from the encounter or conversation, in your head going, 'I can't believe I just had that interaction with the governor of New York.'"

Two other former staffers, Ana Liss and Karen Hinton, and reporters Jessica Bakeman and Valerie Bauman, also leveled allegations against Cuomo.

Despite mounting calls from prominent Democrats to resign, Cuomo has denied wrongdoing and said he is awaiting the results of the attorney general's investigation.

His comment to his "darling" fan is just the latest indicator that the governor has no plans to step down.

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