Ex-NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer was hit with a lawsuit from Jean Kim, who publicly accused him of sexual assault two years ago.
According to the filing with the Manhattan Supreme Court, Jean Kim alleges that when she was interning on Stringer’s 2001 campaign for public advocate, he made advances to her during three separate cab rides, and once kissed her while shoving his hands down her pants.
On two of the rides, Stringer put his hands on Kim’s thighs, and on the third ride, he repeatedly asked her “Why won’t you f–k me?” Kim says none of the touching was consensual and she had no romantic interest in Stringer.
The court papers also say that Stringer told Kim that he could make her the first Asian district leader on the Upper West Side if she proved herself to him.
The suit further alleges that years later, in 2008, Stringer spoke to Kim at an event where she was being honored and asked her why she refused to acknowledge her time on his campaign on her bio, telling Kim, “Your first campaign is like your first boyfriend, you never forget.”
Kim filed suit under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which allowed a one-year window to sue for adult victims of sexual abuse. This window stays open even if their claims fell outside the statute of limitations. She’s asking for unspecified damages.
“These allegations are baseless lies, which is why we filed a defamation suit three months ago,” said Milt Williams, a lawyer for Stringer. Stringer sued Kim in December, saying the claims sank his mayoral bid.
