A lifelong New Yorker, Charlotte Bennett began working as an entry-level assistant to Governor Andrew Cuomo in January 2019. She called it a dream job.
But when Cuomo became an international celebrity for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Bennett told CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell the attention emboldened him and she alleges he began sexually harassing her.
“Looking back on all of this, how would you describe Governor Cuomo?” O’Donnell asked.
“He is a textbook abuser. He lets his temper and his anger rule the office, but he was very sweet to me for a year in the hope that maybe one day when he came onto me I would think we were friends or that it was appropriate or that it was okay,” Bennett said.
