The seeds of the great unraveling at CNN started with a prime-time expression of brotherly love - a ratings stunt, as was often the case with Zucker's experimentation at CNN.Ĭuomo had for years been barred from interviewing his brother, the three-term governor, on the air. In a letter to CNN, her attorney, Debra Katz, wrote that the younger woman suspected Cuomo was trying to mollify her with the affirming television coverage.Ĭhris Cuomo's spokesman said in a statement that "the allegations in the anonymous letter are false" and that he was fired before being given a chance to rebut them. Cuomo had reached out to her after a raft of sexual harassment scandals hit major television networks at the peak of the #MeToo moment to offer the segment.
Her accusation, previously disclosed, that Cuomo had sexually harassed her at ABC 11 years ago helped propel Zucker's decision to fire him the newspaper also reported she had alleged he had sexually assaulted her. The Times reported that Cuomo had devoted a segment on his CNN show to the firm of a woman who had previously been a very junior colleague of his at ABC News.
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said an outside law firm's investigation found "violations of Company policies, including CNN's News Standards and Practices" - but did not offer any details about the violations. They say their romantic attachment arose during the pandemic. And Gollust and Zucker had worked together closely for a generation. Zucker and Cuomo had forged a strong and personal bond in the nearly nine years since the executive recruited the host to the network. Kilar issued the memo as The New York Times published an investigative piece of the ties that had previously bound Zucker, Cuomo and Gollust - including the latter's brief stint as communications director for Andrew Cuomo a decade ago. Through a representative, Gollust put out her own statement Tuesday night, denouncing Kilar, saying he was seeking to "retaliate against me and change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks." The investigation, he wrote in a memo to CNN staffers, found that Cuomo, Gollust and Zucker all committed "violations of Company policies, including CNN's News Standards and Practices." On Tuesday night, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar announced the conclusion of an outside law firm's investigation into Chris Cuomo. And all the change has led some of the top hosts and correspondents questioning the network's leadership vacuum and wondering where it is headed. A major investor, John Malone, has signaled he believes the network, which is on the cusp of launching its new streaming service, CNN+, became too explicitly liberal. The departures led to threats of lawsuit from Cuomo and upheaval at CNN just as the network and its parent company are about to be taken over by new owners at Discovery Inc.
Zucker was forced out earlier this month when he had acknowledged he had not disclosed a romantic involvement with Gollust, as company policy requires. Zucker fired Chris Cuomo, a friend, in December for doing more than he had conceded on behalf of his brother and after a woman said the news anchor had sexually harassed her years ago at ABC News. Andrew Cuomo, led to questions about the behavior of his brother, the former CNN prime-time star Chris Cuomo, and ultimately put the conduct of former CNN President Jeff Zucker under an unwelcome spotlight. Allison Gollust, seen in 2013, denounced accusations she violated company policy, saying the WarnerMedia CEO was seeking to "retaliate against me and change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks."ĬNN's chief marketing officer resigned Tuesday night as the CEO of the network's parent company, WarnerMedia, released a memo saying that a formal probe found that she was among three top figures at CNN who had violated its official journalism standards and practices.Īllison Gollust is just the latest to be pulled under in the riptide of scandal that started with the sexual harassment allegations against former New York Gov.
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