奥尔巴尼县警长在新闻发布会上表示，在本周对纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫提起刑事诉讼后，他可能面临轻罪指控。

警长克雷格·苹果(Craig Apple)周六告诉记者，调查正处于“婴儿阶段”，对科莫的指控是“犯罪性质的”，指控的行为是“性性质的。”不会向公众发布任何报告。

索赔是周四由一名前纽约州雇员提交谁声称州长在2020年在州长官邸摸她的乳房。在纽约总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯周二发布的报告中，她被称为“首席行政助理”。

苹果表示，当局周四与投诉人及其律师坐了一个小时。

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他说，县警长办公室已经联系詹姆斯办公室，要求提供报告中使用的调查材料，报告的结论是，科莫对至少11名妇女进行性骚扰，违反了州和联邦法律。

苹果表示，接下来的步骤包括等待司法部长的调查材料，以及对受害者的采访。从那里，警长办公室将与奥尔巴尼地区检察官办公室一起决定是否继续刑事指控。

当被问及科莫可能面临的指控时，苹果表示:“从我目前读到的情况来看，我可以说我们在一起轻罪中徘徊，但同样，这只是司法部长的报告。”

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库莫否认了所有性骚扰指控。

他用一段视频回应了周二的报道，称:“我想让你直接从我这里知道，我从未不恰当地接触过任何人，也没有进行过不恰当的性挑逗。”

科莫的律师丽塔·格拉文称，1号行政助理的性骚扰指控是捏造的。

“他已经63岁了。他已经在公共生活中度过了40年，对他来说，突然被指控对一名行政助理进行性侵犯，他真的不知道，也不符合要求，”Glavin在周五回应投诉的新闻发布会上说。

到目前为止，至少有五个地区检察官办公室——曼哈顿、奥尔巴尼、威彻斯特县、拿骚县和奥斯维戈县——已经就报告中概述的在其管辖范围内发生的涉嫌事件对科莫展开调查。

在周六的新闻发布会后，纽约州AG办公室的新闻秘书杨奇煜·利维发布了一份声明，称“我们将与奥尔巴尼警长充分合作，并交出与该投诉人相关的所有证据。同样，我们将酌情与所有执法机构合作。”

Gov. Cuomo could face possible misdemeanor: Albany County sheriff

The Albany County sheriff said during a press conference that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could face a possible misdemeanor charge following a criminal complaint filed against him this week.

Sheriff Craig Apple told reporters Saturday that the investigation is in its “infant stages” and the complaint made against Cuomo is "criminal in nature" and the alleged conduct was "sexual in nature." No reports will be released to the public.

The claim wasfiled Thursday by a former New York State employeewho claimed the governor groped her breast at the governor’s state residence in 2020. She is referred to as "Executive Assistant #1" in New York Attorney General Letitia James' report released Tuesday.

Apple said that authorities sat with the complainant and her lawyer for an hour Thursday.

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He said that the county sheriff’s office has reached out to James’ office to request investigative material used in the report, which concluded Cuomo violated state and federal law in sexually harassing at least 11 women.

Apple said next steps include waiting for the attorney general's investigation material to come in and an interview with the victim. From there, the sheriff’s office will sit with the Albany district attorney’s office to decide whether to move forward with a criminal charge.

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When asked what possible charge Cuomo could face, Apple said: “From what I’ve read so far I can say we’re floating around a misdemeanor, but again, that’s just from the attorney general report.”

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Cuomo has denied all allegations of sexual harassment.

He responded to the Tuesday report with a video address stating: "I want you to know directly from me that I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances."

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Cuomo's lawyer, Rita Glavin, has said the groping allegation by Executive Assistant #1 was fabricated.

"He is 63 years old. He has spent 40 years in public life and for him to all of the sudden be accused of a sexual assault of an executive assistant that he really doesn't know, doesn't pass muster," Glavin said in a press conference Friday in response to the complaint.

So far at least five district attorney offices -- Manhattan, Albany, Westchester County, Nassau County and Oswego County -- have launched investigations into Cuomo for alleged incidents outlined in the report that took place in their jurisdictions.

Following the Saturday press conference, Fabien Levy, the press secretary at the New York State AG office released a statement saying, “We will cooperate fully with the Albany sheriff and turn over all evidence related to this complainant. Similarly, we will cooperate with all law enforcement agencies, as appropriate.”