FIGHTIN’ FREDO: Chris Cuomo Preparing to Sue CNN, Insiders Says He Won’t Get a Penny

According to the New York Post, Chris Cuomo is preparing to sue his former employer CNN for $20 million dollars in damages. Cuomo still had a few years left on his Cuomo Prime Time contract.

“Cuomo, 51, has hired lawyers and is preparing to file the lawsuit over the remainder of the four-year contract he signed last year — after a bitter back-and-forth about what the network knew of his secret efforts to aid his embattled brother, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo,” the New York Post reported. “His contract was reportedly worth $6 million annually, leaving between $18 million and $20 million that he would be owed, sources said, adding that Chris Cuomo would also likely seek damages.”

But Cuomo likely won’t get anything from CNN —the network knows there would be backlash.

“CNN has no intention of paying [Chris] Cuomo a penny,” an insider said.

“If he gets a settlement, there would be uproar,” the source added.

Another source said, “CNN has a standard morality clause in their contract that says if the employee does anything of disrepute, they can be immediately fired.”