Cuomo Slaps CNN With $125 Million Demand Alleging His ‘Journalistic Integrity’ Was ‘Unjustifiably Smeared’

Former 📺CNN host Chris Cuomo is demanding a hefty sum from the network over its decision to fire him.

In a legal filing obtained by Deadline, Cuomo’s attorneys allege, “As a result of Turner’s indefensible choice to unceremoniously fire him, Cuomo has been damaged in countless ways.”

“Cuomo has had his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared, making it difficult if not impossible for Cuomo to find similar work in the future and damaging him in amounts exceeding $125 million, which includes not only the remaining salary owed under the Agreement, but future wages lost as a result of 📺CNN’s efforts to destroy his reputation in violation of the Agreement,” the filing continued. “Cuomo now seeks to recover the full measure of his damages against Turner and 📺CNN.”

The filing says $15 million of that sum is to make up for what Cuomo’s attorneys claim was owed to him under the remainder of his contract when he was fired. The other $110 million is for “consequential damages.”

In Dec. 2021, CNN