A selfie taken moments after Andrew Cuomo allegedly groped an executive assistant's butt at his home shows New York's governor with gleaming eyes and a broad smirk.
Cuomo allegedly asked the woman assistant, whose identity remains anonymous, to take a selfie with him while they worked together at his office in the Executive Mansion in Albany on December 31, 2019.
As she held up the camera, Cuomo allegedly 'moved his hand to grab her butt cheek and began to rub it' for at least five seconds.
The assistant claims she was 'was shaking so much during this interaction' that the photos came out blurry — and Cuomo suggested the two sit down to take one more, the document says.
That photo, showing Cuomo smirking while he sits back on a couch with the aide, is included in the report.
The governor then allegedly told her to send the snap to another aide, Alyssa McGrath - who has also accused Cuomo of sexual harassment - and said 'not to share the photograph with anyone else.'
The aide testified that she 'did not know why the Governor wanted her to send the photograph to Ms. McGrath, but guessed that the Governor 'wanted to make [Ms. McGrath] jealous' or 'wanted to see what her reaction was''.
A selfie released in the official report into sexual harassment allegations against NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right) shows him smirking after he allegedly groped an assistant (left)
She notes that she didn't report what happened because she was terrified Cuomo's top aides would force her out.
'[T]he way he was so firm with [me] that I couldn't show anyone else that photo, I was just terrified that if I shared what was going on that it would somehow get around,' she told investigators.
'And if Stephanie Benton or Melissa [DeRosa] heard that, I was going to lose my job,' she added. Benton and DeRosa are two of the governor's top aides.
The unidentified staffer claims Cuomo asked him to forward the photo to another employee, believing he wanted to 'make her jealous'. He also instructed her not to share the picture with anyone else.
That snap was released Tuesday as part of Attorney General Letitia James' bombshell report into the sexual assault allegations made against the governor.
He release a pre-recorded statement furiously denying the women's allegations, and refused to resign.
Cuomo's own Democrat party - which controls both the New York State House of Representatives and Senate - have vowed to launch impeachment proceedings to try and get rid of him, with President Biden also calling for him to quit.
The report was released Tuesday by Attorney General Letitia James (pictured) and outlines several instances of alleged harassment
Cuomo admitted that he and the staffer took a photo together, but said it was her idea, because 'he does not like to take selfies.'
The report also alleged that Cuomo routinely engaged in a pattern of impropriate conduct
