Chris Cuomo was fired by a former employee for making a sexual misconduct claim against the CNN anchor. The former CNN anchor misled the network about his role in trying to minimize the allegations of sexual harassment which led him to be accused of harassing his brother, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

CNN was contacted Wednesday by a prominent employment lawyer, who represented the accused. According to The New York Times

The disclosure came as an outside law firm was probing new documents released by by New York’s top prosecutor Monday that suggested the younger Cuomo was more involved trying to control damage to his brother’s political career than he previously said.

The woman who leveled the unknown accusations against Chris Cuomo, 51, was a former “junior colleague” at another news network, according to Debra Katz, the accuser’s lawyer, the paper said. This allegation is not allegedly connected to Andrew Cuomo’s four-month-old resignation.

It was unclear if the woman’s claim influenced CNN’s choice to fire its star prime time anchor, according to the report. Cuomo’s reported $6 million per year job was indefinitely suspended on Tuesday.

“Based on the report we received regarding Chris’s conduct with his brother’s defense, we had cause to terminate,” CNN told The Times. “When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.”

Katz, who also represented Andrew Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett, told the paper her client “came forward because she was disgusted by Chris Cuomo’s on-air statements in response to the allegations made against his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo.”

Specifically, Katz reportedly cited a March 1 broadcast where the anchor said “I have always cared very deeply about these issues, and profoundly so. I just wanted to tell you that.”

Chris Cuomo did not address the new allegations at press time, but issued a statement earlier Saturday after it was revealed he used his press connections to help Albany officials pry into the past of an accuser – and then participated in strategy sessions aimed at helping the governor beat back the scandal.

“This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother,” Chris Cuomo said. “So let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ and the work we did as CNN’s #1 show in the most competitive time slot.”

In September, Shelley Ross, who worked with Cuomo at ABC News, said he touched her inappropriately at a 2005 party, “lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock.”

Cuomo told The Times then that it was not sexual. He had also apologized to The Times.