The firm reviewed Chris Cuomo's deposition from the AG's investigation and other documents as well as the statements he made to CNN and viewers and found that he had violated his contract and should be terminated. By Wednesday, the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP had gone through the documents from James' investigation, matching his declarations of what he had done with what he had disclosed to his audience and network executives. When suspending him last week, CNN initially said it would review Cuomo's conduct. Cuomo by the investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. Cuomo also said he had identified one of the women accusing the governor of sexual harassment and attempted to find out what would be in a forthcoming article about then-Gov. The younger Cuomo brother helped craft the official response to allegations against his brother, arguing that it should be framed in terms of a "cancel culture" dominating the liberal wing of his brother's Democratic Party. The trove of records showed that Chris Cuomo played a larger role than he had previously admitted to the public or to the network in helping his older brother counter mounting claims of sexual wrongdoing.
The documents released Monday included Chris Cuomo's email and text exchanges about the scandal enveloping Andrew Cuomo as well as the news host's hours-long deposition in which he answered questions about his own activities. On Tuesday, CNN suspended Chris Cuomo following the release by James' office of copious documents and transcripts from her investigation into accusations against the former governor. Andrew Cuomo resigned in August after New York Attorney General Letitia James concluded that he had sexually harassed 11 women. The question of Chris Cuomo's actions had been percolating for months, ever since accusations against then-Gov. The end of his tenure at CNN happened slowly and then all at once. Documents reveal Chris Cuomo's role in helping Andrew Cuomo counter a sexual harassment scandalĬuomo joined CNN after a long stretch at ABC News. In September, Chris Cuomo's former executive producer at ABC News wrote that Cuomo sexually harassed her by grabbing her buttocks at a going-away party in 2005 and saying, "I can do this now that you're no longer my boss." Shelley Ross quoted from his subsequent email, noting that that he apologized to her husband before apologizing to her. "These apparently anonymous allegations are not true," Goldberg said, calling Cuomo's termination "unwarranted." Media CNN fires Chris Cuomo for role in fighting brother's sexual harassment scandalĬuomo didn't address the sexual misconduct allegation against him by Katz's client, but his spokesperson Steven Goldberg denied it in a statement to The New York Times. "When the new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action," he said in a statement. Matt Dornic, head of communications for CNN, said that outside attorneys last week determined Cuomo had committed fireable offenses related to his brother's scandal, violating the terms of his contract. Katz said her client was motivated by outrage over what she said was the hypocrisy of Cuomo's assertion to viewers of his "profound" concern for the targets of sexual harassment. She added that the woman wished to remain anonymous.ĭetails of the woman's accusation could not be further determined. "My client came forward at this time because she felt in sharing her story and related documentation, she could help protect other women," Debra Katz said in a statement on Sunday. Yet CNN's actions came just a day after a prominent Washington, D.C., workplace attorney arranged to share materials supporting accusations by a former colleague of Cuomo at ABC News that he had sexually harassed her there. Andrew Cuomo, in combating sexual harassment allegations. When CNN fired prime-time star Chris Cuomo on Saturday, the network cited new information casting a fresh and harsh light on his efforts to aid his brother, former New York Gov. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN after an attorney arranged to share materials supporting accusations by a former colleague of Cuomo's at ABC News that he had sexually harassed her there.
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