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Mr. Paterson instructed his press secretary,Uv Lamp Marissa Shorenstein, to ask the woman to publicly describe the episode as nonviolent,Compact fluorescent lamp, according to a third person, who was briefed on the matter. That description would contradict the woman’s accounts to the police and in court.

Mr. Paterson also enlisted another state employee, Deneane Brown, a friend of both the governor and the accuser, to make contact with the woman before she was due in court to finalize an order of protection against the aide, David W. Johnson, the two people with direct knowledge said. Ms. Brown, an employee of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, reached out to the woman on more than one occasion over a period of several days and arranged a phone call between the governor and the woman, Mr. Johnson’s companion.

After the calls from Ms. Brown and the conversation with the governor, the woman failed to appear for the court hearing on Feb. 8, and the case was dropped.

These accounts provide the first evidence that Mr. #x Paterson helped direct an effort to influence the accuser.

Of Ms. Shorenstein’s call, the person briefed on the matter described it as an effort to “reconfirm what the governor had said before, that it was not an acrimonious — it was not a friendly breakup but it wasn’t acrimonious, that the allegation itself was not true.”

In an interview with The New York Times, Uv Lampthe governor had characterized the fight as being “like breakups you hear about all the time.”

The call from Ms. Shorenstein to the woman came on the evening The Times was preparing to publish an article about Mr. Johnson, his past episodes with women and the police, and his ascent to the top ranks of the Paterson administration.

The person briefed on the matter said that at the time of the call, Ms. Shorenstein was not aware of the severity of the alleged assault, #xand that she did not believe that Mr. Paterson was aware of it either. Uv LampMs. Shorenstein failed to reach the woman, who has never spoken publicly about the episode. 相关的主题文章：