27 September 2021: Chris Cuomo's Sexual Harassment Accuser Not Impressed with His Response

Shelley Ross, Chris Cuomo's former boss who alleges he sexually harassed her 16 years ago, says the CNN anchor is 'no more enlightened today than he was then'

We're back to covering the bottom stories of the day, which by definition, involve the ethically-crippled Chris Cuomo, the primetime face of discredited CNN. In this interview with Business Insider, Cuomo's former boss at ABC News is not impressed with his response to her essay detailing his sexual harassment of her in 2006.

Ross, who was the executive producer of an ABC entertainment special at the time and previously worked as Cuomo's executive producer at "Primetime Live," told Insider she believed Cuomo hadn't done the work to better himself since the incident.

"I was hoping that in 15, 16 years that he had changed, but he's no more enlightened today than he was then, as demonstrated by his response," she said.

In response to Ross' op-ed Cuomo told The Times: "As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature. It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC. I apologized to her then, and I meant it."

Cuomo did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Ross said his response "demonstrated" that he had not grown from the incident.

"I don't acknowledge that there's anything that was 'our interaction.' I was not a participant," she said. "I was groped. And so to say that I acknowledge interaction, no. That shows a lack of enlightenment."

That's a Cuomo characteristic. Always trying to spin things to put themselves in a good light. Shame it never holds up under any close scrutiny.

In the meantime, there are indications that people within CNN would like Cuomo to be shown the door.

Chris Cuomo’s female exec producer begged to leave, felt ‘threatened’ by him

This report doesn't deal with Chris Cuomo's sexual harassment incident at his previous employer, it instead deals with the toxic work environment he has established on his current job.

The female producer of Chris Cuomo’s show “Cuomo Prime Time” begged to leave his show after the pair clashed over “significant differences” — with multiple TV sources saying she found the hot-headed host’s behavior threatening.

Melanie Buck was executive producer of “Cuomo Prime Time” from April 2018 but was suddenly replaced by Izzy Povich in March 2020 — shortly before Cuomo melodramatically returned to the world from his basement in the Hamptons following weeks of COVID-19 quarantine.

A CNN insider confirmed Buck went to CNN boss Jeff Zucker and asked to be taken off Cuomo’s show and moved to another department, which he agreed to. The insider denied rumors that Buck was given a significant pay-off to stay silent over her spat with the agitable anchor.

More than one source told us of Buck, “She felt threatened”

The key words in the excerpt above are "more than one source". With a growing number of CNN staff willing to come forward to talk to outside media reporters, it's almost a sure bet there will be more negative stories featuring Chris Cuomo. It looks like they've had enough and want him gone, so it's a question now of how CNN's leadership will deal with a brewing staff rebellion.