CNN’s Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former boss, says he apologized

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former ABC News executive accused CNN anchor Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her, describing in an essay published on Friday in the New York Times how he grabbed her buttocks at a colleague’s farewell party in 2005.

Shelley Ross had been Cuomo’s boss when he worked at ABC, a role she had just left when Cuomo embraced her at the party in New York City, according to the essay.

“I can do this now that you’re no longer my boss,” Ross quotes Cuomo as telling her after he gripped her in a bear hug and moved one …