Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested Friday in New York after he was accused of touching a woman's buttocks without permission, law enforcement officials said.
According to the New York Police Department, the alleged groping took place on Oct. 20, 2017, and then was reported to authorities in July. Police said the incident took place in a residential part of Brooklyn.
"He was arrested for forcible touching, for sexual abuse and harassment, for touching her buttocks without permission," a New York police spokeswoman said.
He is expected to be arraigned on Friday afternoon.