Woman lodges sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor

NEW YORK (AP) — A pistillate who lodged a intersexual harassment allegation against erstwhile CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was "disgusted" by what she saw arsenic his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made akin allegations against his brother.

The woman's lawyer, Debra Katz, released a connection Sunday.

The woman's ailment became known soon aft CNN fired Cuomo Saturday night.

Katz said she reached retired to CNN connected Wednesday to study astir Cuomo's alleged misconduct with her client, who chose to stay anonymous.

By Friday, she was successful treatment to crook implicit documentary grounds to CNN that supported her client's claims.

"My lawsuit came guardant astatine this clip due to the fact that she felt successful sharing her communicative and related documentation, she could assistance support different women," Katz said successful the statement.

According to the Associated Press, a erstwhile co-worker of Cuomo's, Shelley Ross, wrote a New York Times article, claiming Cuomo groped her astatine a enactment 16 years ago, erstwhile they some worked for ABC News.

He had been criticized for breaching journalistic morals by trying to assistance his brother, erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, bushed his ain harassment charges.

The pistillate was motivated to travel guardant aft Cuomo's statements saying helium cared profoundly and profoundly astir issues of intersexual misconduct, regarding allegations against his brother.