Former President Donald Trump urged New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday to “fight” a state law that spurred thousands of sexual abuse cases to be filed in the last year — including lawsuits filed against both Democrats last week.
“I hope that Mayor Eric Adam’s [sic], Andrew Cuomo, and all of the others that got sued based on this ridiculous law where someone can be sued decades later, and with no proof, will fight it on being totally unfair and UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” Trump posted on Truth Social early Wednesday.
“I got sued, decades later (she has no idea when her made up event took place!), by a woman – I HAD NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS. It was a made up fairytale that was brought and funded by political operatives for purposes of Election Interference.”
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged New York City Mayor Eric Adams and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to “fight” a law that spurred thousands of sex abuse claims. AP
“I hope that Mayor Eric Adam’s [sic], Andrew Cuomo, and all of the others that got sued based on this ridiculous law where someone can be sued decades later, and with no proof, will fight it,” Trump said. APIn May, a Manhattan jury found Trump, 77, liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, who had alleged the future president assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room, most likely in 1996.
Trump was also ordered to pay more than $5 million in damages.
Carroll’s suit was filed under the 2022 Adult Survivors Act in New York state, which gave victims one year to make claims against their abusers — no matter when the alleged incident occurred.
In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump, 77, liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, who alleged he assaulted her in a fitting room, most likely in 1996. APNearly 3,000 victims had filed abuse claims before the law expired on Nov. 23, according to New York Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), who introduced the legislation.
In an MSNBC op-ed, Rosenthal celebrated it as the “law that will forever link Donald Trump and Sean Combs,” also known as P. Diddy, who was accused by three women of sexual assault this month.
Combs settled with the first accuser, his ex-girlfriend and R&B singer Cassie Ventura, but still faces allegations of raping two others in the 1990s.
Rapper Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, was accused by three women of sexual assault this month under the law. Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Adams was accused Nov. 23 of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, when he was serving as an NYPD officer.
The unnamed victim alleges both were employed by the City of New York at the time of the incident and is seeking no less than $5 million in damages, with attorneys’ fees.
Hizzoner is also facing a federal investigation for allegedly colluding with the Turkish government and others to direct funds to his 2021 mayoral campaign.
Adams was accused the day before the law expired on Thanksgiving of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, when he was serving as an NYPD officer. REUTERSAdams’ legal jeopardy comes as Cuomo is also “considering his options” about a return to New York politics, The Post reported, with a potential run to replace Adams in City Hall among the possibilities.
But Cuomo, who resigned in August 2021 in the face of sexual harassment allegations from 11 women, was also hit with a sexual assault suit just before the deadline of the Adult Survivors Act.
Former executive assistant Brittany Commisso alleged that while working for the Democratic governor between 2019 and his resignation, Cuomo subjected her to “humiliating and demeaning tasks, hugs, kisses, sexual touching of the buttocks and forcible touching of the breast.”
Cuomo was also hit with a sexual assault suit from his former executive assistant Brittany Commisso just before the deadline of the Adult Survivors Act.
Commisso had also filed a previous misdemeanor criminal complaint against the governor for groping her inside the Executive Mansion.
“Ms. Commisso’s claims are provably false, which is why the Albany District Attorney dismissed the case two years ago after a thorough investigation,” Rita Glavin, an attorney for Cuomo, said in a statement. “Ms. Commisso’s transparent attempt at a cash grab will fail. We look forward to seeing her in court.”
Others sued under the law have also questioned its constitutionality, including lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby.
Proponents of the legislation have typically pointed to the Trump decision as proof of its constitutionality, whereas opponents say the legislation could violate the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
The New York state Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on the matter.






