Prosecutor interviewing Schneiderman accusers

<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-issues-letter-acting-attorney-general-barbara-d-underwood-and-nassau-county" target="_blank">a special prosecutor</a>&nbsp;to investigate allegations of assault and abuse made against former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.</p><p>Schneiderman&nbsp;<a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/statement-attorney-general-eric-t-schneiderman" target="_blank">officially stepped down</a>&nbsp;from the job Tuesday.</p><p>His resignation came after The New Yorker detailed a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/eric-schneiderman-resigns-as-new-york-attorney-general/" target="_blank">string of allegations</a>&nbsp;from four women, who accused Schneiderman of slapping them, choking them and threatening to kill them if they broke up with him.&nbsp;</p><p>Schneiderman&#39;s denied any wrongdoing, saying, &quot;In the privacy of intimate relationships, I have engaged in role-playing and other consensual sexual activity.&quot;</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/some-women-become-collateral-damage-in-the-metoo-movement/">Some Women Become 'Collateral Damage' In The #MeToo Movement</a></b></p><p>Soon after the allegations were reported, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said his office&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/08/609363984/manhattan-da-opens-investigation-of-allegations-against-n-y-attorney-general" target="_blank">would investigate</a>.</p><p>But the governor said that might be a conflict of interest, since Schneiderman had been looking into how Vance&#39;s office handled a 2015 case against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. So Cuomo went ahead and appointed the special prosecutor to supersede all other investigations into the allegations.</p><p>Barbara Underwood, the solicitor general of New York, is acting as Schneiderman&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/statement-acting-attorney-general-barbara-underwood" target="_blank">temporary replacement</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Additional reporting from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/" target="_blank">Newsy affiliate CNN</a>.&nbsp;</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/uss-fitzgerald-officer-pleads-guilty-in-deadly-shipwreck/">USS Fitzgerald Junior Officer Pleads Guilty In Deadly Shipwreck</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/us-revokes-boeing-airbus-licenses-to-sell-planes-to-iran/">Boeing, Airbus Can No Longer Sell Planes To Iran</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/mormon-church-plans-to-end-its-relationship-with-boy-scouts/">The Mormon Church And Boy Scouts Of America Are Going Separate Ways</a></li></ul>