New York City Mayor Eric Adams takes selfies at Thanksgiving parade as he denies 1993 sexual assault
City Hall is pushing back against a sexual assault claim against Mayor Eric Adams, insisting he does not even know his accuser, an as-yet unidentified woman now seeking $5million in damages.
The accuser filed a summons in civil court late last night, accusing Adams of sexually assaulting her in 1993 when they were both working for the city. It was first reported by The Messenger.
At the time, Adams was 33 and working as a captain within the NYPD.
Details of the allegations have not yet been made public but a City Hall spokesperson told The New York Post today Adams doesn’t know the woman.
‘If they ever met, he doesn’t recall it,’ they said.
Adams appeared to be drowning out the scandal as he appeared at the Macy’s Day parade.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year!’
Adams drowned out the scandal today at the Macy’s Day Parade. Instead, he took selfies with women in the crowd
He shared photos of the parade and of himself taking a selfie with a female bystander.
‘Plaintiff was sexually assaulted by Defendant Eric Adams in New York, New York in 1993 while they both worked for the City of New York,’ the summons – which serves as a notice of a pending lawsuit – reads.
She utilized New York’s Adult Survivors Act to file the summons on the final day that it would have been eligible. The Act allows victims of historic sexual assaults to file claims within 20 years of them occurring. The alleged incident involving Adams is s-aid to have occurred on November 22, 1993.
The NYPD’s transit bureau and Guardian Association are also named as defendants.
Further details have not yet been made public and Adams, already facing harsh scrutiny for his campaign’s dealings with Turkish officials and associates, has not yet commented.
He was also criticized last week for vast budget cuts to the NYPD that will further reduce the number of officers on the streets by thousands.
Earlier this month, the FBI raided the home of one of Adams’ campaign chiefs as part of an investigation into donations.
Agents are investigating whether his team accepted illegal donations from Turkey.
He insists no wrong was done, and is cooperating with the investigation.
Eric Adams pictured in 1993, the year of the alleged assault, when he was 33
ncG1vNJzZmhqZGy7psPSmqmorZ6Zwamx1qippZxemLyue8KroKadX6y1sHnIrGSrsZGjerSvx6Kdn6Gcmq5uwdKcZKyhl6KubrrUZqqesKWWuW6t0qyYrqSkYsKxsMCtnGg%3D