The judge rejects Cuomo’s offer to extend the defense of the trials funded by taxpayers

On Tuesday, a judge rejected the attempt by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to extend a legal battle funded by taxpayers with a woman who accused him of sexual assault, saying that the New York town hall candidate was trying to plead in order to repair his tarnished reputation.

“Cuomo has not advanced any viable argument on the reasons why the taxpayers of this State should continue to defend the bill for its continuous use of civil disputes discovery in order to continue its efforts to resuscitate its public image,” wrote the Supreme State Judge, Denise Hartman, in a decision published online on Monday.

Hartman’s decision occurred a month after the State agreed to pay $ 450,000 to settle legal action brought by Brittany Commisso, an ex-aide who said he had harassed and tructed him sexually while he was in power.

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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at Times Square Sheraton on August 21, 2025 in New York. On Tuesday, a judge interrupted legal action between him and a former assistant on allegations of sexual harassment. (Getty Images / Michael M. Santiago)

A New York Prosecutor General’s investigation, Letitia James determined that the Democrat had sexually harassed at least 11 women.

Cuomo resigned disgrace due to allegations.

Cuomo, a democrat, asked the judge not to interrupt the trial without freeing SMS which, according to him, refute his allegations, told Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi, in Fox News Digital. In his decision, Hartman authorized Commisso to abandon the trial and refused Cuomo’s request on the texts.

“Brittany commisso’s allegations are false and for four years, she hid her contemporary text messages that have erased her claims,” ​​Azzopardi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “She is desperate to keep the texts of the public examination, which is why she suddenly settled her file for a fraction of her initial request for several million dollars shortly after being forced to produce them in her trial without merit.”

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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced that he was relan his mayor mayor of New York as an independent. (Reuters / David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

“Governor Cuomo will continue to fight for the publication of all the evidence because it shows that he has sexually harassed anyone and further discredits the AG political report. Limit evidence and let the public decide,” he added.

Commisso previously declared that Cuomo had grasped his buttocks while they took a selfie in the executive manor in 2019 and that in 2020, he reached under his blouse and grabbed his breast. She revealed her identity for the first time in a joint interview with “CBS This Morning” and the Albany Times Union, just a few days after she became the first of Cuomo accusers to file a criminal complaint against him.

A split of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the socialist Democratic candidate of New York for Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Getty Images)

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Cuomo presents himself for the mayor of New York as independent after losing the Democratic primary at Zohran Mamdani of more than 12 percentage points.

Jessica Chasmar of Fox News Digital as well as the Associated Press contributed to this report.