Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo allegedly assaulted a feminine coworker at ABC Information when she denied his invitation to have interaction in sexual activity in his workplace throughout lunch, a scathing new report revealed on Tuesday.
Hours after Cuomo was suspended for advising his brother, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, on how to answer his personal sexual harassment allegations, a letter from a distinguished sexual harassment lawyer arrived at CNN, The New York Instances reported.
The girl’s lawyer, Debra S Katz, described how ‘Jane Doe’ was a younger, short-term ABC worker vying for a full-time job in 2011 when she met Cuomo.
The previous Cuomo Prime Time host had provided her profession recommendation and later invited her to lunch in his workplace, in keeping with the December 1 letter from Katz.
However when Jane Doe arrived at Cuomo’s workplace there was no meals. He then harassed her for intercourse, and after she declined he assaulted her, she mentioned. Jane Doe ran out of the room.
The following day she reportedly tried to easy out the interplay with Cuomo over electronic mail. It wasn’t till years later, on the top of the #MeToo motion, the place she heard from Cuomo as soon as once more.
The 51-year-old information anchor had reached out to her providing to do a flattering information piece on the general public relations firm the place she labored on the time.
‘After years with none substantive communication from Mr. Cuomo in any respect, Ms. Doe suspected he was involved about her coming ahead publicly along with her allegations and wished to make use of the proposed phase as a possibility to “take a look at the waters” and discourage her from occurring the report about his sexual misconduct,’ Katz wrote within the letter to CNN.
A number of associates and former co-workers of Jane Doe mentioned she had instructed them Cuomo made undesirable advances towards her, in keeping with The Instances.
In an interview with The Instances, Jane Doe mentioned she was ‘haunted’ by the parallels between her expertise with Chris Cuomo and the accusers of his brother, the previous governor, which prompted her to rent a lawyer.
The girl turned ‘deeply traumatized’ by the incident, in keeping with Katz, and didn't need to turn out to be ‘a pawn in an internecine battle between Zucker, Chris Cuomo and CNN.’ In response to Katz, Jane Doe gained’t be saying something additional.
The brand new details about the allegations in opposition to Cuomo come after CNN’s president Jeff Zucker resigned after failing to reveal his romantic relationship with CNN’s chief advertising officer Allison Gollust, who additionally simply stepped away from the media group.
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