Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges after a female state trooper accused him of touching her inappropriately

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face criminal charges after a female state trooper accused him of touching her inappropriately in 2019, two county prosecutors said.

The 2019 incident was included in a damning investigation into the former governor's conduct by New York Attorney General Letitia James' office. 

The trooper, who was identified as "Trooper No. 1" in the AG's report, said that Cuomo sexually harassed and inappropriately touched her on multiple occasions, including when she was assigned to protect Cuomo during an event in 2019 at the Belmont Park racetrack. According to testimony transcripts, the former governor ran the palm of his left hand across her stomach.

"And while he's walking and we're in motion, while he's walking into the door, he takes his left hand and basically, like, thumb facing down, I felt the palm of his hand in the center of my stomach on my bellybutton and, like, pushed back towards my right hip, like, where my gun is," she said. "So he's walking one way, his hand is running across my stomach in the opposite direction."