On Saturday, CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo with an immediate effect. This decision has come up after the external law firm strongly recommended a probe in how Mr. Cuomo always supported Andrew, his brother, and the former New York Governor who came out accusing several women of sexual harassment.
On Tuesday, CNN announced that it had indefinitely suspended Cuomo. Then, following the issuance of that report by the law firm, CNN’s president Jeff Zucker chose to terminate Cuomo’s employment, effective immediately. However, the personnel from “Cuomo Prime Time” will not suspend their duties as such.
Figure Cuomo’s old hour of 9 p. m. Eastern in place with Michael Smerconish, who frequently doubled up for him on the program. CNN said in a statement: “In the first week of Chris Cuomo suspension as he was undergoing investigation of new information that recently surfaced about his brother’s defense, professional law firms were employed. That review indicates he has been dismissed, effective immediately. ”
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” And throughout that review further evidence was brought to light,” CNN’s statement added. “Even after cancelling the contract, we will carry on investigating the matter. ” Further, Chris Cuomo said on Saturday, “You know how and why I helped my brother. This is not how I want my termination to proceed but you know why and how I helped my brother. ”
“Following is how I will shape up this extremly distress: I cannot be more honored of the team that gathered at Cuomo Prime Time and we did not just to be the #1 show but also we actually performed alongside the most competitive time slot in CNN. So, I thank all of them and I will miss them certainly. ”
Only a few minutes after accusations of sexual misconduct against Chris Cuomo were made public by the CNN, the New York Times revealed to the same network that the lawyer she contacted was Debra Katz who gave them information regarding involving the same matters a day before.
According to the Times, the client is a previous junior employee of Cuomo at another network. The spokesman didn’t immediately answer the correspondence sent to him to request for a comment.
Similarly, a spokesperson for Cuomo was mute, but had contact with the Times; the latter was notified that “The accusations given by the anonymous persons are not true. ”
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As quoted by the senior executive of CNN “ Our decision to terminate Mr. Brown from service included the news that he had involved in his brother’s defense with indictable charges, and the new allegations that came to us this week have forced us to take action without delay.
While the gist of Chris Cuomo’s narration of events dating back to months ago and specifically the details of the document release came in the recent primary elections, it was the last-minute legal maneuvers that would delay the outcome of the elections.
Due to an investigation carried out by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the documents (of Monday) were allegedly released publicly stating that Chris Cuomo, who occupied a top position at CNN, was as well, in an informal way, advisor to the governor, serving without compensation.
The fact that this relationship was close and inappropriate was clearly demonstrated by texts that were retrieved from James’ office by her lawyers.
These ensuing communications between the anchorman and some aides and supporters of the governor exhibited Chris Cuomo’s reliance on his media connections in the process of providing support to Andrew Cuomo’s team as they had to deal with the profound accusations.
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On the day his brother announced his resignation in August, Chris Cuomo on CNN highlighted that it was a completely new ballgame for him.
He told his viewers the truth when he said he was a key member of his brother’s team; but unlike him, Chris disclosed that he did not interfere in the news coverage on sexual harassment scandal and he was not the one covering the story on CNN.
Furthermore, biases in his interviews were revealed in the comment “wanting to support my brother. ”
“I’m not an adviser. I’m a brother. No I wasn’t not master of any. He said,” I didn’t really succeed to lead him. I was there to stand beside him and offer my protection. ”
He said today on his radio show that though the accusations were ‘embarrassing’ but understandable. He emphasized that never a day would he compromise any of his colleagues’ career paths and promise that he would respect the procedure.