Created: July 20, 2021 04:06 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges former New York State Supreme Court Justice Matthew Rosenbaum "compelled" his former secretary, the plaintiff, to have sex with him. It also alleges multiple people in multiple entities in the court system discouraged the plaintiff from complaining and or ignored her complaints.
The lawsuit alleges the sexual harassment started when Rosenbaum took office as a supreme court justice in March 2005. On page 7 of the complaint, it says, "Defendant Rosenbaum compelled Plaintiff to perform (sex act) upon him on approximately a monthly basis in 2005." The lawsuit says the acts happened in Rosenbaum's judicial chambers and were "against the will" of the plaintiff.