Chris Cuomo ‘to get $9m from CNN’: Fired anchor ‘will be paid half his contract to stop him filing lawsuit claiming that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust had ethically dubious relationship with Andrew Cuomo’

• • Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to receive a payout of $9million
  • Cuomo was trying to secure $18 million payout – the remainder of his contract – but Jeff Zucker was refusing, arguing he brought the network into disrepute
  • Zucker, CNN’s president, resigned suddenly on Wednesday morning
  • It’s thought Cuomo was planning to file a lawsuit against CNN’s parent AT&T
  • The suit may contain allegations against Zucker including how he and  his second-in-command, Allison Gollust, coached Governor Andrew Cuomo
  • Zucker’s departure blunts the damage allegations that may surface could cause