Cuomo's former boss Shelley Ross on Friday accused the CNN host of groping her rear end during a 2005 party.
earlier in the day, Shelley Ross accused Cuomo of groping her rear end during a 2005 party, which she said"was a hostile act meant to diminish and belittle his female former boss in front of the staff."
Although Cuomo did not address the allegation during his CNN show, he did respond in a statement to thebefore his show aired, while taking care to note that Ross had indicated in her article that she"never thought that Mr. Cuomo's behavior was sexual in nature." "As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature," Cuomo said in his response to thewas referred following a request for comment."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."
CNN host Chris Cuomo, shown here at the 2019 WarnerMedia Upfronts, did not address the allegations of assault leveled against him on his Friday night show.
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