Top local NY Dem tipped off accused child molester before bust, new lawsuit claims: She needs to resign
The mayor of Mount Vernon tipped off a political pal that he was about to be busted for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl — two weeks before the creep was locked up, a bombshell lawsuit claims.Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard allegedly summoned disgraced basketball coach Dwayne Murray to Mount Vernon City Hall in late April to warn her “close associate” of the pending bust, one of several hair-raising claims laid out in the suit filed Monday by community activist Gabriel Thompson.“I just see lawlessness,” Thompson told The Post.
“She needs to resign.Are you kidding me? The mayor of a city reached out to someone … who she assumed was a pedophile, to warn them.“That person cannot be given a position of public trust,” he said.
“I have no political interest.I’m not running for office.
This isn’t about that at all, period, full stop.This is just someone who’s disgusted, disgusted with people in power using their office like this.”According to the suit, Patterson-Howard received a text from another supporter on April 28.“I’m hearing troubling reports that a middle-aged close associate of yours is accused of having inappropriate physical relations with a 14-year-old eight grader and of stealing from a nonprofit organization,” the text message said, according to the lawsuit.
“It is also being reported that you were aware of both allegations.Is this true?”Although the target of the probe wasn’t named in the text, Patterson-Howard then called Murray to City Hall and showed him the text, allegedly aware it referred to him, the lawsuit claims.After reports of text message went public — but before his arrest — Murray posted a video online.“I want to make it crystal clear, I’ve never, ever done anything inappropriate with the players on my team, or any team for that matter,” he said in the clip.
“This whole thing is a smear campaign to silence me, pure and simple,” he added.However, Murray also admitted that on April 28...