by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 11 – In the sexual harassment case of Charlotte Bennett against Andrew Cuomo a discovery conference was held on October 1 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave. Inner City Press live tweeted it - thread
On December 2, defendants filed that they do not thing that 14 hours of deposing Bennett will be enough. Filing on Patreon here.
A December 4 conference was postponed after Cuomo's lawyer filed a letter saying a protective order is needed to stop Bennett's counsel from speaking to the press about NYS taxpayers paying for Cuomo's defense. Letter on Patreon here.
On December 6 Bennett's lawyer opposed any gag order, and reiterated her claims, including that Cuomo told "Ms. Bennett he was “lonely,” was “looking for a girlfriend,” and wanted to “get on a motorcycle and take a woman into the mountains'"- letter on Patreon here
On December 9, Bennett dismissed her case, saying that Cuomo litigation abuse was causing mroe pain. Her lawyers said her state case against the State of New York goes forward, "We are currently engaged in settlement discussions with the State of New York and former Governor Cuomo, in his most recent letter to the federal court, has threatened to interfere with that process. In dismissing the federal case we thus hope that our client will be able to resolve this dispute and finally be made whole for all the damage Mr. Cuomo and his agents caused her.”
On December 11 Cuomo's lawyer wrote in to say "As Ms. Bennett knew, Governor Cuomo fully intended to take this case to trial, where he would have been exonerated after a jury heard the evidence—namely, thousands of Ms. Bennett’s contemporaneous texts and videos—that refute Ms. Bennett’s claims against him" - and to ask that the order drop the line, "The Court congratulates the parties on resolving this case among themselves."Cuomo letter on Patreon here
The case is, or was, Bennett v. Cuomo, et al., 1:22-cv-07846 (Broderick / Cave)
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