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Chris Cuomo used his comeback to shrug off job-ending sexual misconduct allegations against him as “in the past” — as he admitted that his CNN show later reached out to his accuser to do a puff piece about her new job.
In tetchy exchanges during his sitdown Tuesday with his new employer, NewsNation, Cuomo, 51, was quizzed by host Dan Abrams about reporting “from the New York Post” that the final issue leading to his CNN ouster “was a claim of sexual assault against you.”
Chris Cuomo was interviewed on NewsNation.
Asked if he knew the identity of his accuser — a former ABC temp who accused him of badgering her for sex during a fake lunch meeting — Cuomo said, “I think I do.”
He then awkwardly admitted his CNN team made contact with her years later for a story for his show at the height of the #MeToo movement.
Chris Cuomo looked obviously nervous while denying the sexual misconduct accusations made against him.