Chris Cuomo can’t revive his bid to disqualify the arbitrator overseeing his $125 million claim against CNN , a New York appeals court has ruled.

The court found that Cuomo “did not set forth facts to indicate that the arbitrator was biased in his handling of the arbitration.” He had initiated the proceedings after he was fired by CNN in 2021 after a deposition revealed he gave advice to his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was accused of sexual harassment.

The demand for arbitration alleged a campaign to smear the former anchor. It claimed that Cuomo was prematurely fired in an “apparent rush to judgment and caving to uninformed public and internal pressure that was based on speculation.”

Cuomo’s lawyers had moved to remove JAMS arbitrator Stephen Sonnenberg because he

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