© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams reacts throughout his go to to Colombia in Bogota, Colombia October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photograph
(Reuters) – A lady on Wednesday accused New York Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault and different offenses in a court docket submitting, alleging they occurred in 1993 whereas each of them labored for the town of New York.
A spokesperson for Adams denied the declare and stated the mayor doesn’t know the accuser and doesn’t recall assembly her.
The accusation towards Adams was one in a flurry of complaints filed this week towards public figures below New York state’s Grownup Survivors Act, forward of the expiry of a particular one-year window for such complaints. The legislation permits such lawsuits to be filed in court docket even when the statutes of limitations have run out.
The New York state court docket summons filed towards Adams, a former police officer, didn’t provide particular particulars about what occurred however stated, “The nature of this action is sexual assault, battery and employment discrimination on the basis of Plaintiff’s gender and sex, retaliation, hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
The summons, filed late on Wednesday and seen by Reuters, seeks at the least $5 million in damages and in addition names the town of New York, the New York Police Division’s transit bureau, the division’s Guardians Affiliation, a fraternal group representing Black officers, and three unknown entities as defendants.
The police division and the Guardians Affiliation didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon Thursday.
“The mayor does not know who this person is. If they ever met, he doesn’t recall it. But he would never do anything to physically harm another person and vigorously denies any such claim,” a Metropolis Corridor spokesperson stated in a electronic mail.
The allegation comes as Adams faces different authorized bother.
The FBI on Nov. 6 searched Adams’ digital units as a part of an investigation into what the New York Occasions reported was the potential acceptance by Adams’ 2021 marketing campaign of unlawful donations together with by the Turkish authorities. Adams’ lawyer stated that the mayor was cooperating with an investigation however didn’t say what it was about.
