Lorna Beach-Mathura, a former transit police officer, has filed a civil lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 1993. Adams denies the allegations, which were filed under the Adult Survivors Act, potentially impacting his re-election prospects and costing the city significant financial damages.
There are still a few months until the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to head to trial, but an unrelated sexual assault lawsuit filed against the mayor a year ago has quietly moved forward, threatening to damage his re-election prospects and cost him and the city millions of dollars.
The case in state Supreme Court has since been overshadowed by the federal one, but it still carries significant potential consequences. And unlike in his federal case, city taxpayers are footing the bill for Adams’ defense: He’s being defended in the suit by the city’s Law Department.Beach-Mathura was ordered by a judge to appear for a deposition in Manhattan on Nov. 20, or have the case dismissed. Nicholas Paolucci, a spokesman for the city’s Law Department, confirmed that she showed up.
In October, Spiro suddenly withdrew from defending the mayor in the sexual assault case. By then, he was also on a team of lawyers helping Adams fight federal corruption charges. In a court filing, Spiro said the city's Conflicts of Interest Board had expressed concerns that he was representing Adams in both the civil and criminal cases, but he did not elaborate. The board also declined to explain the matter, saying it does not comment on confidential communications to public servants.
“Eric Adams proudly talks about his career and professional accomplishments in the NYPD. Yet, I haven’t heard him talk about his sexual harassment of a coworker when he was a detective,” she wrote in the email to the Post. “Sexual harassment in the police department was real.”
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