New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Sexual Assault in Legal Filing

Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexual assault in a legal action filed Wednesday night in a New York court, The Messenger has learned. 

The plaintiff in the case, a woman whose name is being withheld by The Messenger due to the nature of the allegation, filed a summons Wednesday night in state Supreme Court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act that names the Big Apple Democrat as a defendant.

The filing also names the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the Guardian Association of the NYPD as defendants. 

“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 summons alleges. 

In New York civil court, a plaintiff can file a summons with notice to begin a legal action — followed by a full complaint laying out the claims. 

The summons is just three pages and does not reveal any detail about the alleged assault.