The woman who has accused CNN’s Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her in 2005 told Insider that society must take a new approach to \u2026<\/b>
\nThe woman who has accused CNN’s Chris Cuomo of sexually harassing her in 2005 told Insider that society must take a new approach to stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace. \u00ab\u00a0Clearly, sexual harassment training in the workplace didn’t work [in my case],\u00a0\u00bb Shelley Ross told Insider. Ross, Cuomo’s former boss at ABC, wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Friday that the popular CNN anchor groped her rear during a hug while they were both attending a going-away party for a colleague. Ross said Cuomo emailed her an apology one hour later, and Cuomo confirmed to The Times that the incident occurred. Ross suggested to Insider that certain workplace policies \u2014 particularly the most punitive ones \u2014 have been ineffective at protecting women and deterring men. \u00ab\u00a0I really think we have to find a way forward that doesn’t threaten men that they’re going to lose their jobs in 36 hours,\u00a0\u00bb Ross said. \u00ab\u00a0Clearly, humiliating Matt Lauer wasn’t a deterrent for others,\u00a0\u00bb she added, referring to the longtime NBC personality who was fired in 2018 amid a slew of sexual misconduct allegations. Ross added that she’d seen comments on her Times op-ed suggesting that Cuomo groping her 16 years ago wasn’t such a big deal. But she said that response showed that many people don’t understand the scope of what women face in the workplace. \u00ab\u00a0I get that reaction,\u00a0\u00bb she said, noting that she experienced much more than just one incident over her decades-long career. \u00ab\u00a0I think we have to figure out a way to have external investigations, and have some sort of process where people just own the truth,\u00a0\u00bb she said. \u00ab\u00a0And I think if we saw the entire landscape of what women are navigating, I think that could help affect change.\u00a0\u00bb Cuomo did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.<\/p>\n