CNN has made a final decision. Chris Cuomo, who was the American channel’s star reporter and presenter, has been sidelined for good. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s brother is accused of counseling and helping him face the sexual assault charges that led to his indictment in October. The two brothers, Andrew and Chris Cuomo, gained very strong national notoriety when the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged New York in 2020, thanks to press briefings by State Governor Andrew and his live exchanges on CNN with his brother Chris, sometimes with humor and hindsight.
But, accused of harassment and assault for several months by former state employees, the 63-year-old governor ended up resigning on August 11, a week after the publication of a damning investigative report.
What level of involvement for Chris Cuomo?
“The services of the Attorney General (State) of New York (Letitia James) released transcripts Monday that shed new light on the involvement of Chris Cuomo in the defense of his brother,” said Tuesday evening a spokesperson for CNN, quoted on the site of the chain. “These documents (…) raise serious questions” and “reveal a level of involvement in helping his brother more important than what we were aware of,” he added. “We have therefore suspended Chris indefinitely pending a new review” of the situation, said the spokesperson.
Andrew Cuomo was charged at the end of October for sexual assault on a former collaborator in December 2020 and could face criminal trial. A first court appearance in the state capital, Albany, scheduled for Nov. 17 has been postponed to early January.
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The Cuomo brothers are the sons of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo in the 1980s and 1990s, descendants of Italian immigrants. Presenter and reporter Anderson Cooper will take over from Chris Cuomo, CNN said.
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