CNN’s Chris Cuomo reportedly had a few drinks at a party last month before he got behind the wheel of his classic convertible and crashed it into an SUV during a drag race, according to a recent report.
Cuomo also left the scene of the incident before the police arrived, the New York Post reported.
“They got him away from the scene fast,” an anonymous source told the tabloid newspaper. “Everybody heard it. It was a full-blown drag race.”
Prior to the incident, the CNN anchor was reportedly seen having a few drinks at a party hosted by his wife, Cristina.
The New York Post reported:
Cuomo, brother of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, had just left a party hosted by his wife, Cristina, for Beach magazine at Jue Lan Club on May 28 when he got behind the wheel of his 1969 Pontiac Firebird and pulled up alongside a friend’s 1967 Pontiac LeMans, sources said.
Photos show a blonde woman standing in front of the hot rods with her arms raised high, as if signaling the start of a race.
“I saw that woman rolling around posing and modeling on the car, and then I realized there were two cars, and they pulled into the street,” a witness said.
“We knew it was him. And then they peeled out and went to where the middle of the train station almost is, and right before that, he lost control, and ran into that Mercedes.”
Cuomo’s wife reportedly told him to go home immediately, the source said.
The anchor complied, and drove home in his vehicle, which by then had a cracked radiator and had started to leak fluid everywhere.
Cristina Cuomo stayed behind to speak with the police, who went to the anchor’s home later to question him about the incident, the report noted.
“He was drinking, and I believe that’s why he was sent home,” the paper’s source said. “Everyone saw the state he was in. When he crashed, it got really quiet.”
The police report on the incident makes no mention of alcohol or drag racing, contrary to the anonymous source’s version of events. The police write-up only mentions that the anchor was “distracted by someone yelling and waving.”
Other nameless sources have disputed the insinuation that Cuomo drove under the influence.
“Chris had a drink at her party, but he certainly wasn’t drunk,” one person said.
A spokesperson for CNN did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
