Chris Cuomo 'to get $9m from CNN': Fired anchor 'will be paid half his contract to stop him filing lawsuit claiming that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust had ethically dubious relationship with Andrew Cuomo'

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So Boys & Girls, CNN, from the top down was completely oblivious to any ethical standards when it allowed CC to have AC on his show many times.  JZ and AG were both up to their eyeballs involved in advising AC. Read that again. CNN, from top to bottom were in the tank for Andrew Cuomo. AG once worked for him. There are numerous facts proving that JZ fired CC for what JZ and AG were involved in. CC was about to file a Lawsuit to get those facts out and Destroy JZ AND THE LOOMING SALE OF CNN TO Discovery, just 3 months from now. JZ was going to retire anyway but the lawsuit by CC would have screwed up the sale and AT&T was completely fed up with the loser CNN had become. The CEO of Discovery was once an executive at CNN and remembers when CNN didnt stand for Clown News Network. He is about to run off a lot of the "talent" at CNN, money is on Stelter being the first one fired. His show has ratings lower that the keel of the Titanic.  

Chris Cuomo 'to get $9m from CNN': Fired anchor 'will be paid half his contract to stop him filing lawsuit claiming that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust had ethically dubious relationship with Andrew Cuomo'

• Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to receive a payout of $9million 
• Cuomo was trying to secure $18 million payout - the remainder of his contract - but Jeff Zucker was refusing, arguing he brought the network into disrepute  
• Zucker, CNN's president, resigned suddenly on Wednesday morning 
• It's thought Cuomo was planning to file a lawsuit against CNN's parent AT&T
• The suit may contain allegations against Zucker including how he and  his second-in-command, Allison Gollust, coached Governor Andrew Cuomo 
• Zucker's departure blunts the damage allegations that may surface could cause

By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

PUBLISHED: 02:09 EST, 4 February 2022 | UPDATED: 23:49 EST, 6 February 20

Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who was hoping to secure an $18million lump sum payout following his departure last year, has been told to set his sights lower, with him unlikely to receive anything more than around $9million from the cable news network.

AT&T, CNN's parent company, is said to be in negotiations to reach a deal that would see the fired anchor receive half of the $18million he had been vying for before Jeff Zucker's unexpected resignation Wednesday, as first reported by the New York Post.

The news of a possible settlement emerged as the CNN employee and lover who led to Zucker's  downfall, Allison Gollust, was seen arriving at her luxury Manhattan apartment late Thursday night looking distinctly sul

Gollust's expression was a far cry from the happy mood she was in last November when she was photographed at a Billy Joel concert with Zucker by her side - and alleged to have forced the powerful media maven to 'come forward' and resign 'not willingly.'

Sources say that Cuomo was planning to come forward with a lawsuit that would have detailed how Zucker and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a far deeper relationship than had ever previously been explained. 

One allegation suggests the disgraced governor received one-to-one media coaching for his popular pandemic press conferences from Zucker and his second-in command, Gollust. 

Cuomo may still refuse AT&T's lowball offer and potentially file his suit, a source told the New York Post. A representative for Cuomo's attorneys declined to comment. 

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Allison Gollust, whom CNN President Jeff Zucker was in a relationship with is seen arriving at her Manhattan apartment late on Thursday night 

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Jeff Zucker  left the network over his relationship with employee Allison Gollust, 49, who made no comment as she walked into her apartment on Thursday 

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Gollust admitted the pair's relationship saying it had 'blossomed' during the pandemic. CNN insiders said it had been an open secret for EIGHT YEARS...

He was forced out in December after he helped his brother, Andrew, deal with a sex scandal without being fully open as to the lengths he was going to his aid. 

Chris was to looking to get paid out for the remainder of his contract, but Zucker was sticking firm and refusing, arguing that he brought the network into disrepute.

However, Zucker's sudden exit after nine years as CNN's leader means the goalposts have now shifted once again.

Zucker said he was leaving for violating corporate policy by not disclosing the nature of his relationship with Gollust, but he was reportedly given no choice by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, who characterized the change as his decision at a meeting with CNN Washington staff members on Wednesday night. 

Zucker appeared to fall on his sword in the hopes of keeping a possible lawsuit by Cuomo from being made public, according to the New York Post.

It has since emerged that Cuomo was the one who raised the affair to executives. Cuomo's attorneys are said to have told Kilar who then informed AT&T boss John Stankey.

Zucker was said to have been named numerous times in a draft version of the lawsuit that has not yet been filed.

 

Edited February 8, 2022 by DKW 86