New York Adult Entertainment: NY Gov. Paterson faces resignation call after abuse complaint against aide
According to The Times, the unidentified woman lodged an assault complaint against long-time Paterson aide David Johnson and told authorities that State Police, who lacked jurisdiction in the matter, had urged her to drop the case.
The woman also received a telephone call from the governor shortly before she was to appear in court for a hearing on a protective order against Johnson, her lawyer told the newspaper. Paterson told the paper that the woman initiated the call.
The case was dismissed when the woman failed to appear at the hearing, The Times reported.
On Wednesday, Paterson suspended Johnson without pay and asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the governor’s possible rival in the Democratic primary, to investigate. (You can read that statement here.)
Paterson rose from lieutenant governor in 2008 after his boss, Eliot Spitzer, resigned in a prostitution-ring scandal. Paterson officially kicked off his campaign this week.
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