Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in New York

I have a brother-in-law that asked me if I could work part time for him at his auto repair shop back in 2005. I really didn't want the job. I took it because he had explained to me that my sister usually went there in the mornings to answer the phones and she had been so busy taking care of his ill mother and that it would be a big help to her for me to sit in 4 hours a day just so she could have some time to take care of the things she needed to at home until she could get to the shop herself. While woriking for him, he asked if he could borrow my car to drivea client home. I told him it was ok. When he got back he told me my car was a death trap. I never experienced any problems with the car. He said he would fix everything that needed to be fixed and with a hefty price. He lied! He tinkered with my car and after he did all the so called work it all fell apart until I couldn't drive it anymore. My mother-in-law gave us her old car. The battery needed to be checked and he wrecked that one on my too. I only worked for him for a few months and then quit because he started to discuss his sexual frustrations about his wife with me. After I quit, he was stalking me for over a year. Just showing up at my house, calling at home, asking my husband where I was and would just show up there. He said he wanted to offer me his mother's old car. I accepted because he left me carless and I have daughter that I needed to drive and pick up from school. He told me to come to the shop to pick it up. When I showed up I saw that my sister was back at the shop early and I felt bad that she had to be there again early in the morning. He told me to come around the side and that he wanted t put a radio in the car and get his daughter's belongings out of the truck. I asked him if I could offer him some money for the car, It really wasn't worth much and he said no that's ok and proceeded to give me what I thought was a goodbye hug, but instead, he stuck his tounge in my mouth. He also once tried to drug me with vicaden. I didn't say anything back then to protect my sister and her family, but my own brother infromed her and now she's blaming me for everything. I would like to know if I still have any rights against this man. He was once locked up at a phsychiatric hospital where he was going for therapy sessions. His therapist happened to be a woman an he made a move on her to. The man is sick and has caused so much pain to my sister and me, but my sister has chosen to stay with him. That's her decision, but do I have any rights against this man? I would really like to know. It's been troubling me for so long.

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