9 February 2022: Chris Cuomo Shakes CNN's Money Tree in Attempt to Collect Loose Change

Chris Cuomo wants as much as $60 million from CNN amid Jeff Zucker exit

Since this report features Chris Cuomo, the hapless and ethically-challenged "journalist" brother to Andrew M. Cuomo, you can be assured it represents the bottom story of the day. In this episode, we learn Chris Cuomo is counting on CNN's absence of professional conductstandards to give him a huge payday:

Chris Cuomo isn’t backing down in his battle with CNN following the ouster of his boss Jeff Zucker — the anchor intends to demand as much as a $60 million settlement, according to sources.

Multiple sources tell Page Six that Cuomo, who was fired in December for helping his brother fend off sexual harassment allegations, is ready to dig his heels in by claiming that Zucker not only knew about his dealings with the governor — but that the network boss had his own inappropriate dealings with Andrew....

“Chris intends to fight for every dollar on his contract, and loss of income from the 15 to 20 years left in his career, had Zucker not orchestrated a ‘f–k-job’ on him. He could ask for as much as $80 million but CNN isn’t going to pay that. But there’s an argument he could ask for as much as $60 million”

A second source told Page Six that, “Chris is telling people in the Hamptons he was wrongly fired, humiliated, his career has been ruined, and he wants Megyn Kelly money.” (Kelly won a $69 million settlement from NBC in 2019 following the media storm when she defended blackface on her show.)

If WarnerMedia's legal team had any sense, they would do well to let Cuomo air CNN's dirty laundry while stiffing him on any payouts. It's not like the network doesn't need a full housecleaning and Cuomo's long association with the network has already materially harmed it, so it doesn't have all that much value left to lose.