I believe the governor's actions toward myself and others to be wrong, despite how he has chosen to utilize my image," she added. "I do not condone his actions toward any of the women who have come forward, and I do not appreciate being made to look as if do. I am appalled to be in a position where I feel like I am being used in this manner," Iannucci said Tuesday while holding back tears.
"I am being put in a position where I feel like I'm being used by Governor Cuomo to push a narrative that his habit of invading people's personal space is justified. Now, Iannucci said, seeing the image being used as part of Cuomo's defense made her feel "humiliated and embarrassed." She said was mortified to find out that someone took a photo of the image and later shared it on social media. Iannucci said the interaction occurred in White Plains, New York, in 2018.
I was taken by surprise and embarrassed, and because of this I smiled nervously," Iannucci said. "He looked me in the eye, grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him and kissed me on the cheek without asking if I was OK with such a personal greeting.
By using the photo and video montage, Cuomo tried to demonstrate that he touches and kisses the faces of men, women, and children as a "warm" and innocent gesture.īut on Tuesday Iannucci said the image of her captured a nonconsensual interaction in which the governor approached her, grabbed her and then kissed her on the cheek. The slideshow was shown last week during a pretaped statement in which Cuomo denied any wrongdoing after New York Attorney General Letitia James released a scathing report that concluded the governor, who resigned Tuesday, had sexually harassed 11 women. Speaking with attorney Gloria Allred at a press conference, 61-year-old Susan Iannucci said a photo of Cuomo kissing her was one of several images in a slideshow montage meant to show that the governor "never touched anyone inappropriately." A woman on Tuesday accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of kissing her on the cheek without her consent, saying she felt "appalled" to later learn that he used an image of the interaction in an attempt to defend himself against sexual harassment allegations.
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