Chris Cuomo prepping to sue CNN for more than $18M over contract: sources

[brooklynite]

New York Post

Fired CNN host Chris Cuomo is set to sue the network if it balks at paying him at least $18 million to cover what’s left on his contract, sources told The Post on Monday.

Cuomo, 51, has hired lawyers and is preparing to file the lawsuit over the remainder of the four-year contract he signed last year — after a bitter back-and-forth about what the network knew of his secret efforts to aid his embattled brother, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said sources familiar with the matter.

His contract was reportedly worth $6 million annually, leaving between $18 million and $20 million that he would be owed, sources said, adding that Chris Cuomo would also likely seek damages.

But CNN has “no intention of paying [Chris] Cuomo a penny,” an insider said.

[JoeOtterbein]

1. Six Mil a Year!?

Imagine all the real journalists CNN could have hired instead.

[Celerity]

2. Chris Cuomo Faced Sexual Misconduct Accusation Before CNN Fired Him

The network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came days after a lawyer for a former colleague accused the host of sexual misconduct.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/media/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn.html

The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday, completing a stunning downfall for the network’s top-rated host amid a continuing inquiry into his efforts to help his brother, Andrew M. Cuomo, then the governor of New York, stave off sexual harassment accusations. The anchor was suspended on Tuesday after testimony and text messages released by the New York attorney general revealed a more intimate and engaged role in his brother’s political affairs than the network said it had previously known.

On Wednesday, Debra S. Katz, a prominent employment lawyer, informed CNN of a client with an allegation of sexual misconduct against Chris Cuomo. Ms. Katz said in a statement on Saturday that the allegation against the anchor, which was made by a former junior colleague at another network, was “unrelated to the Gov. Andrew Cuomo matter.” It was not fully clear what role the allegation played in CNN’s decision to dismiss Mr. Cuomo. Ms. Katz is also the lawyer for Charlotte Bennett, a onetime aide to Andrew Cuomo who accused the former governor in February of sexual harassment.

Asked about the new allegation, a CNN spokeswoman said in a statement on Saturday night: “Based on the report we received regarding Chris’s conduct with his brother’s defense, we had cause to terminate. When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.”

[malaise]

9. Both brothers were entitled pricks

That is all

[malaise]

10. Both brothers were entitled pricks

That is all

[iemanja]

3. Fat chance.

[Bristlecone]

4. I have no doubt that CNN will settle for 10+ million

[Abolishinist]

5. I'm thinking they will settle for $2 million...

take it or leave it, just to make it end quickly. It seems an uphill battle for Chris to press on with this and actually win.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Welcome to DU, Abolishinist. ❤

[Abolishinist]

7. Thanks! I was trying to be a little edgy with the misspelling,

now I'm thinking DUH! But whatever... Chris needed to go many months ago, IMO.

[gopiscrap]

11. welcome to DU

[dpibel]

8. Thank you so very much

for letting us know once more who the New York elite love.

We'd never know without you!