LEGAL · NY · 1969-1981
Eugene Gold
District Attorney · Brooklyn · Democrat · New York
On the record
Resigned 1981 amid sexual-abuse settlement involving 10-yr-old daughter of TN prosecutor
SEVERITY · RESIGNED
Background
New York's District Attorney · Brooklyn of Brooklyn 1969–1981: Eugene Gold — 12-year tenure. Took office after Aaron E. Koota; succeeded by Elizabeth Holtzman. Departure context: Resigned 1981 amid sexual-abuse settlement involving 10-yr-old daughter of TN prosecutor. Same-year political environment (1969): Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
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Others who held this office in New York
- Charles Hynes (1990-2013)
- Elizabeth Holtzman (1982-1989)
- Aaron E. Koota (1968-1973)
- Edward S. Silver (1953-1968)