New York, Dec 5 (AP) Chris Cuomo was charged with a new allegation of sexual assault, days before CNN announced he was investigating the work he did to protect his brother from similar harassment allegations. was doing. The anchor was being removed in the middle. Attorney Debra Katz said Sunday that her client was the victim of serious sexual misconduct by Cuomo and contacted CNN on Wednesday about the woman’s allegations.
CNN suspended Cuomo earlier this week after details emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, as the politician faced sexual assault allegations. . , When they announced the dismissal of Chris Cuomo, network executives said additional information had emerged.” When the initial allegations against Andrew Cuomo surfaced, Chris Cuomo told the audience that he “has always looked at these issues very deeply, Katz said.
Katz said in the statement that after hearing the hypocrisy of Chris Cuomo’s on-air words and dismayed by his efforts to denigrate these women, my client called on a lawyer to report his serious sexual misconduct against him to CNN. retained. Following new information CNN was reviewing Chris Cuomo’s conduct, and a law firm hired to help, the network recommended terminating Chris Cuomo.
It goes without saying that these decisions are not easy, and there are a lot of complicating factors involved, CNN chief Jeff Zucker wrote Saturday in an email to CNN employees. Cuomo issued a statement on Twitter, describing the decision as disappointing.
I don’t want to end my time at CNN like this, but I’ve already told you why and how I helped my brother. So now I want to say that as disappointing as it is, I couldn’t be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we do, he said. The new allegation of misconduct comes after veteran TV executive Shelley Ross wrote a column for The New York Times in September that said Chris Cuomo groped her at a party 16 years ago, when they were both on ABC News. Were. The one who worked for Cuomo told the newspaper that I had apologized to him then, and I meant it. (AP).
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