Mayor Eric Adams faces lawsuit alleging 1993 sexual assault

A former colleague from the city Transit Police Department, Lorna Beach-Mathura, has initiated a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams, claiming he sexually assaulted her in 1993. 

According to the complaint, Adams allegedly exposed himself and demanded oral sex in return for assisting Beach-Mathura with a job promotion, an incident said to have occurred in a vacant lot near the Hudson River.

The lawsuit, detailed in a filing in the Manhattan Supreme Court, explains how Adams, then a transit officer and a senior figure in the Guardians Association, supposedly used his position to exploit Beach-Mathura. 

After failing to consent to Adams’ demands, Beach-Mathura asserts she was physically assaulted by Adams, who forcibly placed her hand on his genitals. The distressing encounter reportedly ended with Adams masturbating and dropping Beach-Mathura off at a subway station, never addressing her initial request for career assistance.