AT&T, CNN's parent company, is said to be in negotiations to get a deal that would see the fired anchor get half of the $18 million he had been competing for before Jeff Zucker's unexpected resignation Wednesday.
The news of a possible settlement emerged as the CNN employee and lover who led to Zucker's downfall, Allison Gollust, was seen arriving at her luxury Manhattan apartment late Thursday night looking distinctly gloomy.
Gollust's expression was a far cry from the happy mood she was in last November when she was snapped at a Billy Joel concert with Zucker by her side - and claimed to have forced the powerful media maven to "come forward" and resign "not willingly."
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Sources say that Cuomo was planning to come forward with a lawsuit that would have detailed how Zucker and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a far deeper relationship than had ever heretofore been explained.
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One allegation indicates the disgraced governor got one-to-one media coaching for his popular pandemic press conferences from Zucker and his second-in-command, Gollust.
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Cuomo may still refuse AT&T's lowball offer and possibly file his suit, a source told the New York Post. A representative for Cuomo's attorneys refused to comment.
In December, he was forced out after he helped his brother, Andrew, deal with a sex scandal without being totally open as to the lengths he was going to his assistance.
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Chris was looking to get paid out for the remainder of his contract, though Zucker was sticking firm and declining, claiming that he brought the network into disrepute.
Although, Zucker's sudden exit after nine years as CNN's leader means the goalposts have now shifted once again.
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Zucker announced he was leaving for violating corporate policy by not disclosing the nature of his relationship with Gollust, though he was reportedly given no choice by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, who characterized the change as his decision at a meeting with CNN Washington staff members on Wednesday night.
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Zucker seemed to fall on his sword in the hopes of keeping a possible lawsuit by Cuomo from being published, according to the New York Post.
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It has since appeared that Cuomo was the one who raised the affair to executives. Cuomo's attorneys are said to have told Kilar who then informed AT&T boss John Stankey.
Zucker was said to have been named many times in a draft version of the lawsuit that has not yet been filed.
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