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Chris Cuomo (right) is involved in the sexual harassment case of his brother and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (left)
CNN announced that the investigation found that its anchor Chris Cuomo was involved in the sexual harassment case of his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and violated company regulations, and decided to fire He, “effective immediately.”
CNN stated that “extra information” appeared in the investigation and report on how Cuomo participated in the sexual harassment investigation by his brother, and then decided to dismiss the CNN star anchor.
His brother, former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, resigned on his own in August this year after prosecutors filed a complaint against him, accusing him of sexually harassing a number of state government colleagues.
“Effective immediately”
The 51-year-old star anchor Cuomo issued a statement after his expulsion, saying that he was very disappointed with the decision: “I don’t want my time on CNN to end in this way,” he said.
Como has been working for CNN since 2013 and has become one of the most well-known news anchors on the station. The most recent major job at CNN was to lead the report on the 2020 US presidential election.
CNN’s statement stated that the company had previously hired a “reputable law firm” to investigate how Cuomo helped his former governor brother respond to allegations of sexual harassment. However, during the review process, “new additional information appeared”, which caused CNN to terminate the contract with Como, and the decision was “effective immediately.”
In fact, after the news that Cuomo assisted his elder brother to deal with the sex scandal behind the scenes was exposed, he was first suspended by CNN last Tuesday (November 30). At the time, CNN stated that although the company “appreciated (Como’s) unique position in CNN and understood his family first and work second,” CNN believed that the advice he provided to his brother violated journalistic ethics.
New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James, released documents last Monday showing that Cuomo continued to ask the governor’s office staff to allow him to play a greater role in his brother’s defense.
“You need to trust me,” Cuomo said in a message to Melissa DeRosa, his brother’s secretary at the time, in March this year. He added: “We are making mistakes that we cannot bear.”
He was also accused of contacting other American media to try to understand other charges against his brother that were about to emerge at that time.
According to the New York Times, in an email sent to employees, CNN President Jeff Zucker (Jeff Zucker) said. “Undoubtedly, making these decisions is not easy and involves many complicated factors.”
The dismissal of the star anchor will arouse serious doubts about American news standards.
CNN reporter Brian Stelter in the media field said: “When we report a sensitive story, we must make the audience believe what they see on TV, even if it involves colleagues and family.”
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi) asked Andrew Cuomo to resign before
The fall of the Como “dynasty”
For a long time, the Cuomo family has been one of the most dominant “dynasties” in American politics.
Andrew Cuomo was elected governor of New York three times in a row. Their father, Mario Cuomo, led the state for more than ten years from 1983 to 1994.
Before his resignation, Andrew Cuomo was one of the most high-profile political stars in American politics. A judicial investigation against him found that he had sexually harassed and improperly touched 11 women who worked for him.
The investigation initiated by New York Attorney General Zhan Lexia began in 2020, and many women have come forward to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment.
Investigators spent five months talking with nearly 200 people, including colleagues and some people who complained to Cuomo, and reviewed tens of thousands of documents, mobile phone messages and pictures.
Attorney General Zhan Lexia said: “The conclusion of the independent investigation is that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed several women and violated federal and state laws.” She also said that in one of the investigations, Cuomo and his colleagues accused an individual. His former employee who committed wrongdoing retaliated.
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Andrew Cuomo to resign after the report was released.
In addition to allegations of sexual harassment, Cuomo was also controlled to create a “hostile and harmful work environment.”
Former federal prosecutor Joon Kim, who co-participated in the investigation, said, “In this kind of work culture, you can’t say no to the governor. If you make him or his senior supervisor unhappy, you will be fired or be fired. Throw it aside, even worse.”
However, at the time, Cuomo issued a statement saying: “I want to tell everyone directly that I have never touched anyone inappropriately or made any inappropriate sexual provocations.”
“I am 63 years old this year. My entire adult life is under public view. The person in this report is not me, and I have never done the things mentioned in it,” he said.