NEW YORK | Thomas Frieden, a former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been arrested in New York on a sex abuse charge.
Frieden was arrested on Friday morning in Brooklyn, according to the New York Police Department.
Frieden surrendered to face charges that he grabbed the buttocks of a woman he knew in his home last October.
Frieden, who has also served as a New York City health commissioner, is charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.
There’s no information available on an attorney who could comment on Frieden’s behalf.
