Former President Donald Trump urged New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday to “fight back” a state law that prompted thousands of sexual-abuse cases to be filed last year — including a lawsuit filed against both Democrats last week .
“I hope Mayor Eric Adam [sic]Andrew Cuomo, and all others who have been sued based on this ridiculous law where someone can be sued decades later, and without evidence, will fight it as it is unfair and UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier Wednesday.
“I was sued, decades later (she had no idea when her fictitious event took place!), by a woman – I HAD NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS. It is a fairy tale brought and financed by political operatives for the purpose of Election Intervention.”
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to “fight” the law that has spurred thousands of sex-abuse lawsuits. AP “I hope that Mayor Eric Adam [sic], Andrew Cuomo, and all the others who have been sued based on this ridiculous law where someone can be sued decades later, and without evidence, will fight it,” Trump said. AP
In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump, 77, liable for sexually assaulting and defaming author E. Jean Carroll, who had alleged the future president assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room, most likely in 1996.
Trump was also ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution.
Carroll’s suit was filed under New York state’s Adult Rescue Act of 2022, which gives victims one year to file a lawsuit against their abuser — regardless of when the alleged incident occurred.
In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump, 77, liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, who claimed he assaulted her in an editing room, most likely in 1996. AP
Nearly 3,000 victims filed abuse claims before the law expired on Nov. 23, according to New York Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), who introduced the law.
In an MSNBC op-ed, Rosenthal hailed it as “legislation that will forever link Donald Trump and Sean Combs,” also known as P. Diddy, whom three women accused of sexual assault this month.
Combs settled with the first accuser, his ex-girlfriend and R&B singer Cassie Ventura, but still faces charges of raping two others in the 1990s.
Rapper Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, was accused by three women of sexual assault this month under the law. Getty Images
Meanwhile, Adams was accused on November 23 of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, while he was serving as an NYPD officer.
The unnamed victim claims both were working in New York City at the time of the incident and is seeking damages of no less than $5 million, with attorneys’ fees.
Hizzoner also faces a federal investigation for allegedly colluding with the Turkish government and others to direct funds to the 2021 mayoral campaign.
Adams was charged the day before the law expired on Thanksgiving for sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, while he was serving as an NYPD officer. Reuters
Adams’ legal jeopardy comes as Cuomo is also “considering his options” about returning to New York politics, The Post reported, with a possible run to replace Adams at City Hall among the possibilities.
But Cuomo, who resigned in August 2021 in the face of sexual harassment allegations from 11 women, was also hit with a sexual assault suit just before the Adult Survivors Act deadline.
Former executive assistant Brittany Commisso alleged that while working for the Democratic governor between 2019 and his resignation, Cuomo subjected her to “humiliating and degrading tasks, hugs, kisses, sexual touching of the buttocks and forced touching of the breasts.”
Cuomo was also hit with a sexual assault lawsuit from his former executive assistant Brittany Commisso just before the Adult Survivors Act deadline.
Commisso had also previously filed a criminal complaint of misconduct against the governor for groping her inside the Executive Mansion.
Others sued under the law have also questioned its constitutionality, including lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby.
Supporters of the law typically point to Trump’s decision as proof of its constitutionality, while opponents say the law could violate the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.
The New York state Supreme Court has yet to rule on the matter.
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