New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under fire following the emergence of explosive sexual assault allegations just before Thanksgiving 2023. In response to these allegations, the mayor’s team has issued a strong statement vehemently denying any inappropriate sexual engagement with the woman in question.
A Florida woman whose name is being withheld, filed suit against Adams as the window for the 2022 Adult Survivors Act was closing, filing on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 22, in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
The 2022 Adult Survivors Act was signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. It opened a one-year period for adult victims of sexual offenses that are beyond the statute of limitations to file civil lawsuits against alleged abusers. Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and comedian Bill Cosby have both been named as predators under this act.
Hip-hop music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit three times with civil complaints under this act, recently settling with his former girlfriend and artist Cassie for an undisclosed amount. R&B singer Aaron Hall, music mogul L.A. Reid were also recently named in separate lawsuits.
The claim naming Adams was submitted a few days before the Nov. 24 deadline.
In addition to naming the city’s second African-American mayor as a defendant, she also listed the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the Guardian Association, a fraternal organization representing Black officers, and three unknown entities as liable parties in the following federal civil lawsuit. In New York civil court, a summons is usually followed up by a full official complaint detailing the plaintiff’s allegations.
“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 three-page summons alleges.
It also added, “The nature of this action is sexual assault, battery, and employment discrimination on the basis of Plaintiff’s…
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