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Lankan born Tanya triggers sex-abuse probe in US
View(s):Tanya Selvaratnam, the Sri Lankan born woman at the centre of a sexual abuse case that brought down New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, visited Sri Lanka with him for Christmas as recently as last December.
The case has rocked the United States establishment at the highest levels, including the White House Oval Office of President Donald Trump.
Tanya’s family which owns the Cargills group and Mr. Schneiderman lunched at the Galle Face Hotel during Christmas. She had even told one of her friends that the NY Attorney General had wanted to marry her–but only if she converted to his Jewish faith. And, this, she refused to do.
Mr. Schneiderman resigned on Tuesday, three hours after the ‘The New Yorker’ reported that four women, two on the record including Tanya, accused him of physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse. “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 his resignation statement.
Tanya Selvaratnam was born in Colombo but raised in the US. She was with Mr. Schneiderman from the summer of 2016 until the autumn of 2017.