Ross said Cuomo explained his actions away on the night as being okay because she was 'no longer my boss.' 'I apologized to her then, and I meant it.'Īs of Friday afternoon, CNN has not commented on the allegations against Cuomo.Īt the time of the alleged incident, Ross had recently moved jobs from executive producer at ABC's 'Primetime Live' - where Cuomo was an anchor - to becoming the executive producer of an ABC entertainment special. It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC,' he said. 'As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature. The CNN anchor has not denied the allegations, telling the Times on Thursday 'it happened 16 years ago' and 'was not sexual in nature.' 'Whether he understood it at the time or not, his form of sexual harassment was a hostile act meant to diminish and belittle his female former boss in front of the staff.' Cuomo's behavior was sexual in nature,' she wrote. Ross added that she did not believe his actions were 'sexual in nature' but rather a 'form of sexual harassment' where he attempted to 'diminish and belittle his female former boss.'
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Ross, who has spoken out in the past about being sexually harassed by the late Fox News boss and serial sex pest Roger Ailes, said Cuomo gave her a 'bear hug' in the bar and grabbed and squeezed her buttock.Ĭuomo later sent her an email, apologizing for his actions, she said. Your focus on accountability is exactly right,' she tweeted. Steve Milloy, a Fox contributor and climate change denier, went a similar route, writing: 'Fredo, you're in trouble now.'Īmid the chorus of condemnation, Lindsay Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, praised Ross for breaking her silence. Sebastian Gorka, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, quipped that 'being a pervert runs in Fredo’s family' - a reference to the character of Michael Corleone's weak and hapless brother in The Godfather films. Similarly, Fox News contributor Sara A Carter wondered: 'Runs in the family?' Lindsay Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, praised Shelley Ross for seeking to hold Chris Cuomo accountable
Twitter wits wasted no time drawing unflattering comparisons between the two Cuomo siblings on Friday.īrigitte Gabriel, founder of the right-wing group ACT for America, wrote: 'It looks like being a creep is part of being a Cuomo.' The host of the eponymous Cuomo Prime Time had faced an avalanche of criticism and widespread calls for his firing over his role in advising his brother, Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as New York governor last month over allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women. Shelley Ross, former executive producer at ABC and CBS, accused the married dad-of-three presenter in a searing opinion piece for the New York Times detailing the alleged incident at a going-away party for a colleague 16 years ago.Ĭuomo sent an email shortly afterward saying he was 'ashamed,' and apologized to Ross' husband, who was present during the encounter. Twitter on Friday was bristling with barbed comments aimed at CNN host Chris Cuomo in response to a bombshell claim that he grabbed his former ABC boss' buttock during an event in 2005. Ross is one of multiple women who said they were sexually harassed by disgraced late Fox boss Roger Ailesīy Rachel Sharp and Snejana Farberov For.The CNN host has come under fire for advising his brother Governor Andrew Cuomo over his sex pest scandal.Cuomo has not denied the allegations, telling the Times 'it happened 16 years ago' and 'was not sexual in nature'.In the email, he said he was 'ashamed' and apologized to Ross's 'very good and noble husband' - who saw the incident - first and apologized to Ross second.Cuomo sent an email an hour later apologizing for his actions, she said.Cuomo allegedly explained his actions away on the night as being okay because she was 'no longer my boss' as she had recently moved roles.Ross said Cuomo gave her a 'bear hug' in a NYC bar and squeezed her buttock.Shelley Ross, former executive producer at ABC and CBS, penned an op ed for the New York Times detailing the alleged incident at an ABC party in 2005.'Runs in the family?': Twitter explodes with fury after CNN's Chris Cuomo is accused of grabbing his former ABC boss' buttock in a bar in 2005
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