Mon Mar 1, 2021, 10:03 PM

Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: 'Can I Kiss You?'

Source: New York Times

Anna Ruch had never met Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo before encountering him at a crowded New York City wedding reception in September 2019. Her first impression was positive enough.

The governor was working the room after toasting the newlyweds, and when he came upon Ms. Ruch, now 33, she thanked him for his kind words about her friends. But what happened next instantly unsettled her: Mr. Cuomo put his hand on Ms. Ruch’s bare lower back, she said in an interview on Monday.

When she removed his hand with her own, Ms. Ruch recalled, the governor remarked that she seemed “aggressive” and placed his hands on her cheeks. He asked if he could kiss her, loudly enough for a friend standing nearby to hear. Ms. Ruch was bewildered by the entreaty, she said, and pulled away as the governor drew closer.

“I was so confused and shocked and embarrassed,” said Ms. Ruch, whose recollection was corroborated by the friend, contemporaneous text messages and photographs from the event. “I turned my head away and didn’t have words in that moment.”

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: 'Can I Kiss You?' (Original post)	brooklynite	Mar 1	OP
I think the victims and the	Iliyah	Mar 1	#1
And all this has been held in secrecy and is leaking out just now?	bucolic_frolic	Mar 1	#2
Seems to me this is generally how it happens	Miguelito Loveless	Mar 1	#4
Yeah, it sure is weird timing. This is from a "crowded wedding	R B Garr	Mar 1	#7
"Let's Get After It" brother Chris Cuomo journalism slogan	Jarqui	Mar 1	#3
Just curious... Has Chris Cuomo covered this story on his show?	Marie Marie	Mar 1	#5
I have not watched his shows recently.	Jarqui	Mar 2	#9
He's not covering it because of the potential of conflict of interest	MustLoveBeagles	Mar 2	#10
Thank you for that. I was wondering how he would handle this - tough spot.	Marie Marie	Mar 2	#12
You're welcome	MustLoveBeagles	Mar 2	#40
Neither will I.	zanana1	Mar 2	#32
Isn't a wedding a social event where all kinds of people	R B Garr	Mar 1	#6
Drunk wedding guest flirts and makes a pass at another guest....	eilen	Mar 1	#8
He looks like a vampire sizing up his prey, lol	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Mar 2	#11
Notice photo touch up at the tip of his chin? Check the photo out before spreading it around.	ancianita	Mar 2	#13
Yeah no	Polybius	Mar 2	#14
Link it with date and time. That photo's been floating around right wing sites like therightscoop.	ancianita	Mar 2	#15
I don't doubt that the NYT amps up stories	Polybius	Mar 2	#17
It's not from weird lighting.	Cetacea	Mar 2	#27
CNN just posted it too	Polybius	Mar 2	#36
The article says a friend took the photo but with her	Justice	Mar 2	#19
And friend is remaining anonymous. Blow up the photo.	Cetacea	Mar 2	#25
Its everywhere	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Mar 2	#18
Makes me think of Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate (n/t)	thesquanderer	Mar 2	#16
OH HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A VAMPIRE. Anyone can see this picture's been photoshopped	Trueblue1968	Mar 2	#24
But he does posses the power to separate and levitate the front of his chin	Cetacea	Mar 2	#26
CNN IS RUNNING THE PIC as their lead story, are his HANDS photoshopped too???	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Mar 2	#31
No. But his head might be.	Cetacea	Mar 2	#37
No. But his head might be. ---- NO, BUT HIS HEAD HAS BEEN.	Trueblue1968	Mar 2	#39
Duhhhhhhhhhh, of course not. what is your point.	Trueblue1968	Mar 2	#38
So, exactly what crime ...	Toorich	Mar 2	#20
Same as Franken - Conduct unbecoming a Democrat!	whistler162	Mar 2	#29
Oh please. I'm not going for it.	scarletwoman	Mar 2	#21
So after she deliberately removed his hands from her body, it's okay that he touched her again?	Jedi Guy	Mar 2	#35
That he asked if he could kiss her is gentlemanly on his part. At a	patricia92243	Mar 2	#22
Is there a push to get someone in who will pardon trumpety?	alphafemale	Mar 2	#23
No. The Lt. Governor is a Democrat	Jose Garcia	Mar 2	#30
Reading the title I thought this was Andy Borowitz	Jetheels	Mar 2	#28
Sorry but it it seems pretty common and plausible that he asked to kiss the bride, at a wedding.	flying_wahini	Mar 2	#33
She wasn't the bride, she was a guest at the wedding. N/T	Jedi Guy	Mar 2	#34