Earlier this week Chris Cuomo brother of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was suspended indefinitely while more information was being gathered about his involvement with his brother’s defense. When Andrew was in hot water over sexual misconduct allegations.. AFter further investigation CHris Cuomo has been fired from CNN.
“Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense. We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately.” – CNN
pictured from left to right: Andrew and Chris Cuomo
“This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother. So let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN’s #1 show in the most competitive time slot. I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work.” – Chris Cumo
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