“The sex-crime case against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was thrown into doubt on Friday after the Albany County district attorney wrote an extraordinary letter to the court in which he characterized a criminal complaint as ‘potentially defective’ because it did not include a sworn statement by the victim that would allow a prosecution to proceed,” the New York Times reports.
Cuomo Sex-Crime Charge May Be ‘Defective’
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