In his filing Wednesday, Chris Cuomo said CNN leadership demanded the interviews even though he and his brother had expressed reservations about them.
Cuomo, offered advice or counsel to the governor while she worked at CNN.ĭuring the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Chris Cuomo interviewed his big brother on CNN nine times - a temporary lift of the network's policy that Chris Cuomo not participate in stories concerning the governor. The spokeswoman, Risa Heller, has denied in the past that Gollust, a former press aide to Gov. There was no comment Wednesday from a representative for Zucker and Gollust. "In fact, as the limited information released from Warner Media's investigation makes clear, CNN's highest-level executives not only knew about Chris' involvement in helping his brother but also actively assisted the governor, both through Chris and directly themselves." "It should be obvious by now that Chris Cuomo did not lie to CNN about helping his brother," said his lawyer, Bryan Freedman. Zucker fired Cuomo, host of the network's most popular prime time show, in December after a New York Attorney General's report publicly revealed new details about how he helped his brother strategize to fight sexual harassment allegations.
His filing seeking arbitration on Wednesday exposed more ugliness at the network, where Cuomo, CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his top deputy, Allison Gollust, have all been ousted in the past three months.
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