New York City Mayor Eric Adams has denied the sexual assault accusations he has been accused of in a new lawsuit, stating the events “did not happen.”
The remark by Adams was his first time discussing the accusations since the lawsuit was filed on Monday, stating he does not remember ever meeting the accuser. The $5 million lawsuit was filed by Lorna Beach-Mathura, who claimed she was assaulted by Adams over 30 years ago when he was a police officer.
“My life has been a clear, open book for almost 40 years now,” Adams said in a press conference on Tuesday. “I have been one of the most public faces in the city, and I have always carried myself with the level of dignity that New Yorkers expect from me.”
The mayor said that he has been vocal in his support for fighting police abuse and for the rights of people. He also said he would focus on his work as the mayor of the Big Apple and that his legal team would handle this lawsuit.
Beach-Mathura claimed Adams agreed to help her get answers for why her workplace promotion had stalled but that Adams instead demanded that she give him oral sex and masturbated in front of her when she rejected him. The lawsuit, filed in the New York Supreme Court, describes Adams as a “predator” instead of the hero he portrays himself to be.
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These allegations first surfaced in November, with the mayor’s legal team telling the Washington Examiner he “fully denies” the allegations in the complaint.
Beach-Mathura filed her legal summons under the Adult Survivors Act, which permits survivors of sexual misconduct to bring lawsuits inside a one-year window that would usually be barred by the statute of limitations. This act is the same one author E. Jean Carroll had used in her lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, in which he was ordered to pay her $83.3 million.