Former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office just over four years ago as a barrage of sexual harassment allegations mounted.

This week saw Cuomo linked to a new scandal following civil charges leveled against Brian O’Donoghue, who is his brother-in-law and a senior figure on his mayoral campaign. 

Coach claims to have been targeted for reporting sexual abuse

According to the New York Post, O’Donoghue's name appears in court documents relating to a lawsuit filed against the Aviator Sports Complex.

The bombshell suit states that three girls from the gymnastics program at Aviator told their female coach, Comito, in September 2019 that Brown would allegedly touch their “chest, buttocks and crotch” while training.

That lawsuit has been filed by gymnastics coach Nicole Comito, who maintains that she faced retaliation after reporting sexual abuse claims concerning fellow coach Craig Brown.

In her filing, Comito recalls how three female students at the sports complex told her in September of 2019 that Brown had touched their "chest, buttocks and crotch" as he trained them.

Comito claims that she was told to "keep [her] mouth shut"

The coach reported the following day that she would not be able to work her normal shift as she was participating in an investigation being carried out by National Park Police officers, who have jurisdiction over the federal facility.

Comito says she was informed eight days later that “due to the nature of the investigation and everything that’s happening at Aviator, we’re going to be taking you off the schedule until further notice."

She was eventually terminated, leading her to file a lawsuit against Aviator's management company, Arklow-FBF LLC., for violating New York City's human rights law.

O'Donoghue accused of having "actively" sought plaintiff's termination

O'Donoghue serves as the managing member and executive chairman of Arklow-FBF LLC., and Comito's attorneys have put forward a proposed amended complaint accusing him and company CFO Gregory Shrock of insurance fraud.

The pair are said to have failed to immediately report the abuse allegations to Arklow-FBF LLC.'s insurance company while also "actively" seeking Comito's termination.

Her complaint states that O’Donoghue and Shrock "actively sought the termination of Plaintiff’s employment over the explicit warning from Aviator’s Human Resources Director that terminating Plaintiff’s employment would be an unlawful retaliatory act."

"Also during discovery in this litigation, O’Donoghue and Shrock intentionally took steps to prevent Plaintiff from being able to collect a judgment, should she win one, through Aviator’s employment practices liability insurance policy," it adds.