NEW YORK — The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau looked into a rape allegation against a former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to court documents filed Friday.
Tim Pearson, a longtime friend of Adams who served as a senior adviser in City Hall, is facing several lawsuits related to allegations he sexually harassed an underling in a mayoral office he ran and then retaliated against the woman and several other staffers who raised concerns — allegations he has denied. A newly submitted exhibit in one of those cases contains an internal NYPD report summarizing a rape allegation made against Pearson roughly a decade before he joined the Adams administration.
The allegation against Pearson comes at an inconvenient time for Adams, who is running for reelection in part on his public safety track record and oversight of the police department. In addition to Friday’s filing, several recent lawsuits have drawn attention to the chaotic leadership changes at the NYPD during his tenure…