Cable News Network (CNN) has fired veteran anchor and correspondent Chris Cuomo, the news outlets said Sunday , during an investigation into his involvement with helping defend his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, against sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Cuomo had been suspended from CNN last week over the matter.
"We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately," a statement posted to CNN's official communications Twitter account read in part
"While in the process of that review , additional information has come to light,"
The termination comes after documents surfaced showing that Cuomo, who anchored 'Cuomo Prime Time', offered advice to his brother that went against his employer's stand.
"The documents, which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions," a CNN spokesperson said Tuesday, adding they "point to a greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts than we previously knew."
"He's my brother. And if I can help my brother, I do. If he wants me to hear something, I will. If he wants me to weigh in on something, I'll try," Chris Cuomo, 51, told investigators in July when asked about the counsel he had offered.
"He's my brother, and I love him to death no matter what."
Andrew Cuomo was elected governor three times on Democrat ticket before resigning in August after New York's attorney general said an investigation concluded he had sexually harassed at least 11 women.
In October this year , the former governor whose father Mario Cuomo who also served as governor of New York was charged with misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching.
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