NEW YORK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th August, 2018) Former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thomas Frieden has been arrested in New York City on sex abuse charges, local media reported on Friday.
Frieden was arrested on Friday morning in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, the New York Police Department told CNN.
Authorities have filed three charges - forcible touching, sex abuses and harassment - against the former CDC director, the report said.
In July, a woman reported that Frieden had forcibly touched her in his home.
Frieden is also a former New York City health commissioner.
