CNN fires Chris Cuomo for helping harassment accused brother
CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo after earlier having suspended him indefinitely for how he had helped his brother Andrew Cuomo to hold on to his job as governor of New York after having been accused of sexual harassment of women, the CNN newsroom reported.
CNN said that Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”
CNN said a respected law firm had been hired to conduct a review of how Chris Cuomo had assisted his older brother.
“While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light. Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate”, CNN said.
No specification about “additional information” had been made public.
The producers and other staffers who work on “Cuomo Prime Time” will remain in place. Michael Smerconish, Cuomo’s regular substitute, will host the 9 p.m. Eastern hour next week, CNN announced.
Texts between the anchor and several aides and allies of the governor revealed that Chris Cuomo sought to use his connections in the press to help prepare Andrew Cuomo’s team as accusers started to make their stories public, CNN reported.
On the day his brother resigned, in August, Chris Cuomo told viewers that “this situation is unlike anything I could have imagined.”
He stressed that he never reported on the sexual harassment scandal or tried to interfere in CNN’s coverage. And he said that he “tried to be there for my brother” when the scandal erupted.
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