Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at the Times Square Sheraton on August 21, 2025 in New York City. A judge on Tuesday discontinued a lawsuit between him and a former aide over sexual harassment allegations. (Getty Images / Michael M. Santiago)
An investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James determined that the Democrat had sexually harassed at least 11 women.
Cuomo resigned in disgrace because of the allegations.
Cuomo, a Democrat, asked the judge not to discontinue the lawsuit without releasing text messages he said refute her allegations, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi told Fox News Digital. In her ruling, Hartman allowed Commisso to drop the lawsuit and denied Cuomo’s motion on the texts.
"Brittany Commisso’s allegations are false and for four years she hid her contemporaneous text messages that obliterated her claims," Azzopardi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "She is desperate to keep the texts from public scrutiny, which is why she suddenly settled her case for a fraction of her initial multimillion dollar demand soon after she was forced to produce them in her meritless lawsuit."
A split of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City's Democratic socialist candidate for mayor Zohran Mamdani (Getty Images)
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Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani by more than 12 percentage points.
Fox News Digital's Jessica Chasmar as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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