“You feel so gutted when you see people’s trauma trotted out': Sexual assault survivors, victims' advocates and even crisis PR managers react to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to investigative findings that he sexually harassed 11 women.
“We will not be moved by Governor Cuomo’s attempts to use the stories of survivors, including those he harassed, as a shield for his own misconduct and abuse of power all while claiming the harassment was a ‘misunderstanding,’” said an open letter to be released Thursday by the National Women’s Law Center and several gender and survivor groups, demanding the Democratic governor’s resignation or removal.
In a taped statement Tuesday, Cuomo denied ever touching anyone inappropriately but apologized to two accusersHe said he asked Bennett about her love life in a misunderstood bid to help her cope with trauma from a past sexual assault. He spoke of a family member, about the same age, who’d been sexually assaulted in high school.
“You feel so gutted when you see people’s trauma trotted out to try to explain away another person’s rightful voice,” Hoechstetter said. For Indira Henard, director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the case against Cuomo’s statement was simple: You can’t support survivors in one sentence and discredit them in another.
“I do kiss people on the forehead,” he said. “I do kiss people on the cheek. I do kiss people on the hand. I do embrace people. I do on occasion say, ‘Ciao, bella.’”
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