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An Albany judge on Friday officially tossed a misdemeanor forcible touching charge against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who'd been accused of groping an executive assistant in the governor's mansion in December of 2020.
"The complaint is hereby dismissed," Judge Holly Trexler said after a brief hearing in Albany City Court. Cuomo, who resigned in August amid multiple sexual harassment allegations, attended the hearing remotely while wearing a black face mask.
In a brief statement after the hearing, Cuomo lawyer Rita Glavin ripped Cuomo's accuser, Brittany Commisso, and the Albany sheriff who filed the criminal complaint.
“As the governor said, this simply did not happen,” Glavin said.
“No jury would have found Ms. Commisso credible. That’s why this case was dismissed,” she said, while calling Sheriff Craig Apple an "astonishingly unprofessional and rogue sheriff.”
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