Report: Chris Cuomo Defied CNN Ban

The Daily Mail screenshot 8/11/2021

CNN star Chris Cuomo on Tuesday refused to answer questions about whether he advised his brother to resign even though a report claimed he did, in fact, defy his network' ban and encouraged the scandal-plagued Governor Andrew Cuomo to quit. 

The embattled 51-year-old host of Cuomo Prime Time, who is on vacation this week, was spotted by a Fox News reporter at Sag Harbor Yacht Yard on the eastern end of Long Island on the same day that the governor announced his resignation. 

Andrew Cuomo, 63, who has been accused of sexually harassing at least 11 women, said that his resignation would take effect in 14 days. Chris Cuomo has been at the center of a controversy after Attorney General Letitia James' report on the allegations against the governor found that the CNN host had been part of his brother's inner circle of advisers. 

Even though Chris Cuomo pledged not to offer counsel or strategic advice to his brother, The New York Times is reporting that the CNN star did, in fact, urge the governor to resign. The newspaper cited two people who requested anonymity. The sources told the Times that Chris Cuomo has been in regular contact with his brother by phone. Chris Cuomo's role in helping his brother attempt to weather the political storm created by the sex harassment allegations has prompted calls for CNN to fire the host and remove him from his prime time slot.