NEW YORK AG QUITS AFTER 4 WOMEN ACCUSE HIM OF ABUSE
New York attorney general Eric Schneider man , who held himself out as a champion of women and Alberta foil to president Donald Trump, resigned from office after four women accused him of physical violence during intimate encounters . It was a swift and stunning fall for a Democrat who had pledged to use the power of his office to hold others accountable for abusing their power.
In accounts published in The New Yorker on Monday, the women described being violently slapped and choked , verbally abused and threatened by Schneiderian . Some also described him as a heavy drinker. The abuse often happened during what were supposed to be romantic encounters, but the women said the violence was not consensual.
Schneiderman , 63 , issued a statement to The New Yorker , and later to other media outlets, implying that his conduct was either welcomed by the women, or was not as they described. ” In the privacy of intimate relationship , I have engaged in role-playing and other consensual sexual activity. I have not assaulted anyone. I have never engaged in non-consensual sex , which is a line I would not cross “.,he said.
But after fellow Democrats in New York, including governor Andrew Cuomo and Us senator kirsten Gillibrand, called for his resignation, he capitulated quickly.
Cuomo said on Monday he would ask a New York district attorney to investigate the accusations against Schneiderman, who is the state’s highest law enforcement official.
“In the last several hours serious allegations, which I strongly contest , have been made against me ,” he said on Monday. ” While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time”. He said he would resign at the close of business on Tuesday.
Two women who spoke to The New York on the record, Michael Manning Parish and Tanya selvaratnam, both said the physical abuse escalated over time.
NEW YORK AG QUITS AFTER 4 WOMEN ACCUSE HIM OF ABUSE
