The former assistant, who filed a criminal complaint against the governor, says he needs to be held accountable.<\/b>
\nNEW YORK (CBSNewYork) \u2013 There\u2019s new testimony from one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2018s accusers. The former assistant, who filed a criminal complaint against the governor, says he needs to be held accountable. This comes as the Assembly Judiciary Committee discusses Cuomo\u2019s potential impeachment. As CBS2\u2019s political reporter Marcia Kramer reports, in New York political circles, the question is simple and straightforward: Did Brittany Commisso, the no-longer anonymous \u201cexecutive assistant number one,\u201d put the final nail in the governor\u2019s coffin? What she has to say is startling and stunning. \u201cI know the truth. He knows the truth. I know what happened, and so does he,\u201d Commisso said. Commisso, no longer the anonymous assistant to the governor in Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 damning report charging Cuomo with sexually harassing 11 women, is explaining in painful, and excruciating, detail what she went through. In an exclusive interview with CBS This Morning\u2018s Jericka Duncan, she said there were hugs and kisses, but then came the groping. The first time on New Year\u2019s Eve, Dec.31,2019, at the governor\u2019s mansion, where she went to help him work on his state of the state speech. He asked her to take a selfie. \u201cI then felt, while taking the selfie, his hand go down my back, onto my butt, and he started rubbing it. Not sliding it. Not, you know, quickly brushing over it. Rubbing my butt,\u201d Commisso said. \u201cAnd did you ask him \u2018What are you doing?’\u201d Duncan asked. \u201cWell, this was while I was taking the selfie. I became so nervous that my hands were shaking. A lot of the photos I was snapping were completely blurry,\u201d Commisso said. Commisso, who has filed a criminal complaint against the governor with the Albany county sheriff, says there was a second groping incident in November,2020. \u201cIt was probably the most sexually aggressive manner than any of the other hugs he had given me,\u201d Commisso said. \u201cIt was then that I said, \u2018You know, governor, you\u2019re\u2019 \u2013 my words were \u2013 \u2018you\u2019re going to get us in trouble.’\u201d \u201cHe put his hand down my blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. I exactly remember looking down and seeing his hand, which is a large hand, thinking to myself \u2018Oh my God, this is happening.\u2019 It happened so quick,\u201d she said. WATCH: Gov. Andrew Cuomo Reacts To Report Saying He Sexually Harassed Women The governor and his lawyers have been refuting Commisso\u2019s account. \u201cThis just did not happen,\u201d Cuomo said. Meanwhile, the governor was dealt another blow when his longtime alter ego and staunchest defender, secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa, suddenly quit. DeRosa was mentioned in the attorney general\u2019s report almost as much as her boss. \u201cPersonally, the past two years have been emotionally and mentally trying,\u201d she said. The AG\u2019 s report identified DeRosa as one of the people who helped create a hostile work environment and spearheading the campaign to question the credibility of Cuomo\u2019s first accuser, Lindsey Boylan. In Albany, members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee met to begin considering articles of impeachment. Most of the meeting was in executive session. But it was clear members were rocked by the attorney general\u2019s report. \u201cThe findings, the content of the report are deeply disturbing,\u201d said Assemblyman Charles Lavine. Lawmakers have given Cuomo until Friday to submit a defense. A source close to Cuomo told Kramer he is still trying to find a way to avoid impeachment, hoping to cut a deal if he can find enough friendly lawmakers. Meanwhile, two people who tried to help Cuomo may be in trouble. The Human Rights Campaign has hired lawyers to investigate the actions of its current head, Alphonso David, who is Cuomo\u2019s former counsel. And Roberta Kaplan, chair of Time\u2019s Up! and its legal defense fund, has resigned over her ties to the case.<\/p>\n