A third woman has come forward about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a third allegation of sexual harassment after a woman came forward Monday, The New York Times reports.

What happened?

Anna Ruch, 33, told The New York Times that Cuomo asked to kiss her at a wedding in 2019. She said she was “so confused and shocked and embarrassed” by the incident.

• She said she “turned my head away and didn’t have words in that moment.”
• She told The New York Times that Cuomo put his hand on her back at the wedding, too.

Any response?

A spokesman for the governor did not address Ruch’s account to The New York Times. However, the spokesperson referenced Cuomo’s general statement about previous allegations. The statement said Cuomo’s previous actions and words may “have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.”

• “To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that,” the statement said, per The New York Times.

Flashback

The New York Times reported over the weekend that a former aide to Cuomo said the governor once asked her “whether she was monogamous in her relationships and if she had ever had sex with older men.”

I previously wrote about how Lindsey Boylan, a former state economic development official, said Cuomo harassed her on different occasions from 2015 to 2018, too.

• She said Cuomo had forcibly kissed her after making inappropriate comments for years. And Cuomo reportedly asked her to play strip poker, according to the Daily Beast.

Cuomo’s team released a statement on the governor’s website that responded to the allegations.