Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change.

[brooklynite]

New York Times

“Now that I think of it … I am ashamed,” read the subject line of a 2005 email Mr. Cuomo wrote me, one hour after he sexually harassed me at a going-away party for an ABC colleague. At the time, I was the executive producer of an ABC entertainment special, but I was Mr. Cuomo’s executive producer at “Primetime Live” just before that. 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.

“I can do this now that you’re no longer my boss,” he said to me with a kind of cocky arrogance. “No you can’t,” I said, pushing him off me at the chest while stepping back, revealing my husband, who had seen the entire episode at close range. We quickly left.

[Sympthsical]

1. I can't believe he still has a job after his brother

How does one of your journalists actively colluding with a politician during a major, career-ending scandal not ping your, "Maybe he shouldn't be a prominent face on our news network," sense?

Anyway, there have been enough articles about this guy's behavior in public over the years where I read something like this and think, "Yeah, that seems about his vibe."

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

2. The groper gene runs strong in the family n/t

[jcgoldie]

4. It makes me sad

I was such a big fan of Mario.

[hamsterjill]

3. A woman who stood up for herself!

Good for her.

She handled it. Cuomo apologized.

What’s left?

[msongs]

5. what's left...her book deal? nt

[hamsterjill]

6. Well you know something prompted this

After all these years!

[Lancero]

7. And of course, the first person he apologized to... was her husband.

Because he saw what happened.

Really puts his ardent defense of a serial sexual harasser in perspective, when his own harassment 'apology' effectively leads with 'sorry I got caught'.