CNN President
Jeff Zucker
appeared to close a messy chapter in the cable news network’s history in December when he fired anchor Chris Cuomo after an investigation into his efforts to help his brother, New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo,
respond to allegations of sexual harassment.
The drama was far from over.
Mr. Cuomo’s legal team then contacted the cable news network to collect severance he feels he is owed, people familiar with the matter said. In the course of those talks, Mr. Cuomo’s legal team said they believed CNN was applying its policies inconsistently, citing that Mr. Zucker hadn’t disclosed a relationship he was having with a top aide, the people said.
Mr. Zucker resigned Wednesday, acknowledging he had failed to disclose the relationship, violating a policy that bars employees from supervising…
