NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN FACES ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE
According to a recently published article in The New Yorker, New York State’s highest-ranking law-enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, faces accusations by four women who say he was physically violent with them. The irony is not lost on any of us who have been following the #MeToo movement and are aware that Schneiderman has been a very strong voice against sexual misconduct. Not only did Schneiderman use his authority to take legal action against Harvey Weinstein, he demanded greater compensation for the victims of Weinstein’s alleged sexual crimes!
What is most compelling here is how closely intertwined this story is with that of the NXIVM case. Eric Schneiderman was, after all, the Attorney General who would have received the complaints of each and every individual who had the courage to report NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and his coherts for the abuses they suffered while involved with the cult. We now know why he chose to ignore them, dismiss them, and likely scoffed at them. Schneiderman liked to beat and starve women himself, and believed that women secretly enjoyed being raped.
It would not be in the least bit surprising should we discover in the weeks to come that Schneiderman knew Raniere and/or other members of NXIVM, and we can certainly expect many more allegations will surface.
It should be noted that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office DID eventually file a court case in early March of this year, asking a judge to order Clare Bronfman and Dr. Brandon Porter to turn over their records related to brain-activity and other human behavioral studies, which had been conducted without any apparent oversight. However, he decided to suspend the probe following the March 25th arrest Keith Raniere on federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit forced labor.
Let's take a look at the allegations against Schneiderman.
There were two victims named in The New Yorker story; Michelle Manning Barish and Tanya Selvaratnam.
According to Barish, one night, in the bedroom of Schneiderman's Upper West Side apartment, he backed her up to the edge of his bed and slapped her with so much force across the face that it landed a blow directly onto her ear. "My ear was ringing. I lost my balance and fell backward onto the bed. I sprang up… he pushed me back down. He then used his body weight to hold me down, and he began to choke me. The choking was very hard…. I was being beaten by a man… I was crying and in shock.”
Manning Barish says her ear bothered her for months. She kept hearing odd gurgling sounds. Once, blood trickled out, reaching her collarbone. She sought medical attention and a doctor confirmed to The New Yorker that she removed “dried bloody crust” from Manning Barish’s ear.
Here is a list of stunning accusations made by Barish regarding Schneiderman:
He controlled what she ate. Even when she was emaciated he squeezed her legs and called them “chubby.”
He would drink two bottles of wine then bring Scotch to the bedroom.
He took prescription tranquilizers.
He told her that if she ever left him he would kill her.
Tanya Selvaratnam met Schneiderman in 2016 and began dating. Schneiderman began physically abusing as well.
Here are some of the allegations Selvaratnam has made about Schneiderman:
Schneiderman was obsessed with having a threesome said it was her job to find a woman and would hit her until she agreed.
Schneiderman told her to call him Master, and would slap her until she did.
Schneiderman slapped her across the face, back and forth, with open hand, spat at her and choked her.
Schneiderman said he would have to kill her if she broke up with him. He also told her he could have her followed and could tap her phone.
After the breakup, she sought medical help from an ear, nose, and throat specialist. As a result of the physical abuse she suffered from ringing in her ears, and vertigo.
There is a lot more that can be said about Schneiderman's character and the havoc he has wreaked.
When it came to individuals he personally disliked, including (but not limited to) Rob Ortt, George Maziarz and Steve Pigeon, Schneiderman used his political power to go after them.
Steve Pigeon, along with George Maziarz engineered a State Senate coup in 2009 when Schneiderman got overthrown as Deputy Speaker of the Senate. Although Schneiderman immediately vowed vengeance, there was nothing he could do until be became Attorney General. Then, using his political clout, he went after Pigeon and Maziarz on false charges. Maziarz wound up with a misdemeanor election violation and $1,000 fine but his life and career were nearly destroyed. Schneiderman also indicted Ortt – but the case was dismissed post indictment.
Three hours after the publication of the New Yorker article, Schneiderman resigned from his position and issued the following statement:
“While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” he said in a statement. “I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.”
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