NEW YORK (AP) — New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl in 1993, based on a authorized summons filed Wednesday.
The three-page submitting doesn’t include particulars of the alleged assault however names Adams, the transit bureau of the New York Police Division and the New York Police Division Guardians Affiliation as defendants.
“Plaintiff was sexually assaulted by Defendant Eric Adams in New York, New York in 1993 whereas they each labored for the Metropolis of New York,” the summons reads.
The submitting seeks a trial and $5 million in aid. It was filed in state Supreme Courtroom in Manhattan.
In an announcement, a Metropolis Corridor spokesman mentioned “The mayor doesn’t know who this individual is. In the event that they ever met, he doesn’t recollect it. However he would by no means do something to bodily hurt one other individual and vigorously denies any such declare.”
The summons was filed below the Grownup Survivors Act, a particular New York regulation that has cleared the way in which for a wave of lawsuits towards well-known males accused of sexual misconduct.
Adams, a Democrat, was a New York Metropolis police officer who rose to the rank of captain earlier than getting into politics. He has served as a state senator and Brooklyn borough president earlier than changing into mayor.
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