. @scottmstringer presser beginning. Folo along for live thread.

. @scottmstringer takes the podium with his wife, @elysebuxbaum.

. @scottmstringer “This isn’t me. I didn’t do this.” Says women should be able to be heard and come forward. Condemns sexual assault.

. @scottmstringer says Jean Kim was a “peer,” not an intern. Says they had “an on and off relationship ... I believe it was a mutual, consensual relationship.”

. @scottmstringer says he was 41; Jean Kim was 30 at the time of what he describes as their consensual relationship.

. @elysebuxbaum takes the podium and says she never planned to get married and was sure she’d be single forever.

. @elysebuxbaum says she is a survivor of sexual abuse.

. @elysebuxbaum “My entire life I have never met a man more respectful of women and more committed to women’s rights. ... I chose Scott because I felt safe with him.”

. @elysebuxbaum “If even a fraction of what @scottmstringer has been accused of is true, I would not stand by him.”

. @scottmstringer “It was a consensual relationship. We had a relationship for several months.”

. @scottmstringer says Jean Kim was not a subordinate but rather a supporter and a volunteer.

. @scottmstringer “she came for a job. She didn’t get the job” in 2013.

. @scottmstringer “Jean never worked for me.” Emphasizes she was a volunteer not a paid employee.

. @scottmstringer “I think I would characterize it as a light relationship.”

. @scottmstringer says this is different from accusations against @NYGovCuomo whom he’s called on to resign.

. @scottmstringer calls @SenatorBiaggi and @JuliaCarmel__ “amazing women.”