CNN’s Chris Cuomo was offered a “temporary leave” by company executives earlier this year when his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was accused of sexual harassment, according to the New York Times.
“Earlier this year, CNN executives floated an idea to their star anchor Chris Cuomo. If he wanted to formally advise his brother, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, on responding to the sexual harassment accusations that had engulfed his administration, he could take a temporary leave from CNN and return to the network later,” said the report.
CNN’s Cuomo was reported to have advised his brother on strategy when the accusations began and that reporting was confirmed Tuesday when New York Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of her office’s probe into the governor’s behavior.