The arbitration claim filed Wednesday by former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is a remarkable document for a number of reasons. There is, for starters, the headline number—Cuomo is seeking a whopping $125 million after he was fired for helping his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, to fend off a sexual harassment scandal. According to his lawyers, the nine-figure damages claim would cover not just the $15 million in salary and ratings bonuses that Cuomo was owed for the 19 months remaining on his contract when he was fired, but also the “decades” of earnings that Cuomo presumably would have made, if not for “CNN’s calculated efforts to tar and feather him.”
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