Chris Cuomo accused of sexually harassing former ABC boss at 2005 work party
Shelley Ross detailed for the NYT an incident from years ago, in which Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her in front of her husband and their colleagues
Sophie Mann
Updated: September 24, 2021 - 10:09am
A former ABC executive producer has accused CNN host Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her at a 2005 work party.
Cuomo reportedly grabbed the butt the former producer, Shelley Ross, in front of her husband, an action for which Cuomo later apologized.
Veteran TV journalist Ross wrote about the incident, which reportedly rook place in an Upper West Side bar, in a New York Times op-ed published Friday.
"I was at the party with my husband, who sat behind me on an ottoman sipping his Diet Coke as I spoke with work friends. When Mr. Cuomo entered the Upper West Side bar, he walked toward me and greeted me with a strong bear hug while lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock," she wrote, adding that Cuomo then said, "I can do this now that you're no longer my boss."
In the piece, Ross details (and includes a picture of) an email Cuomo sent her in the aftermath of the incident, in which he apologized for his behavior. "Pass along my apology to your very good and noble husband ... and I apologize to you as well, for even putting you in such a position," wrote Cuomo.
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