Report: CNN in Talks to Pay Chris Cuomo $9M in Hush Money to Protect Zucker, Network

Chris Cuomo is seeking some $18 million as a settlement over his exit and rancorous feud with CNN, but in the aftermath of Jeff Zucker’s resignation, things seem headed more toward about half that sum, according to a report inthe New York Post Thursday.

Network chief Zucker exited Wednesday after revealing that he had a relationship with a senior network executive.

“As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong. As a result, I am resigning today,” Zucker wrote in a memo to network colleagues, according to news reports this week.

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The Post suggested the exit was part of an effort to keep a possible Cuomo lawsuit against CN …

www.newsmax.com/us/cuomo/2022/02/03/id/1055441/

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