District attorney expected to drop groping case against Cuomo
The Albany County District Attorney's office is expected to drop a forcible touching case...
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The Albany County District Attorney's office is expected to drop a forcible touching case...
The announcement comes after months of friction between the district attorney and the county's sheriff, who initially filed the charge.
Albany County District Attorney David Soares said he chose not to pursue the misdemeanor charge — alleging the disgraced governor groped a staffer at the Executive Mansion — despite determining the complaint to be credible.
The Albany County district attorney says his office will not prosecute a groping charge made against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), despite finding the allegation credible.
The former New York governor had been facing a misdemeanor forcible touching complaint. But a clash between the Albany County district attorney and sheriff seems to have led to its demise.