Senior Aide To New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accused Of Sexual Harassment

A senior aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed Thursday that claimed other city officials later retaliated against the accuser, just days after Adams was sued for sexual assault for an incident that allegedly happened in the 1990s. Roxanne Ludemann, a former New York Police Department sergeant, accused Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to Adams, of inappropriate touching and unwanted sexual advances. In a series of conversations in 2022 and 2023 Ludemann, a now-retired former police sergeant, said Pearson inappropriately...