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The anchor was suspended indefinitely after the New York Attorney General's office released new documents related to his role in helping his brother.

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00:00CNN has indefinitely suspended anchor Chris Cuomo after documents released by the New York

00:05Attorney General's Office detailed how he used his connections to try to help his brother,

00:09former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, respond to claims of sexual harassment.

00:13A CNN spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement,

00:16The New York Attorney General's Office released transcripts and exhibits Monday that shed new

00:20light on Chris Cuomo's involvement in his brother's defense. The documents,

00:24which we were not privy to before their public release, raised serious questions.

00:27The statement continued,

00:29When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother's staff,

00:32he broke our rules and we acknowledged that publicly. But we also appreciated the unique

00:36position he was in and understood his need to put family first and job second. However,

00:41these documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts than we

00:44previously knew. As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely pending further evaluation.

00:49While it was previously known Chris Cuomo participated in strategy sessions with his

00:53brother and his brother's staff, new information also showed that Cuomo used his

00:57sources and contacts to find info about some of his brother's accusers and to gather information

01:02about stories other journalists were working on about the governor. Specifically, the CNN anchor

01:07gathered information about a story that Ronan Farrow was working on for The New Yorker,

01:11including details about when it might publish and if Farrow had uncovered any new accusers.

01:16That being said, Chris Cuomo also told investigators that he never tried to influence stories about his

01:20brother. He said,

01:21I wasn't going to call Ronan Farrow. I wasn't going to try to influence any of the stories.

01:26So the idea of one reporter calling another to find out about what's coming down the pipe

01:30is completely business as usual. For more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:35For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.