Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo filed an arbitration demand of $125 million against the network and its parent company on Wednesday, saying he was wrongly terminated last year and has since suffered serious blows to his reputation.

Lawyers for Cuomo, who was fired in December after CNN determined hed inappropriately advised his brother and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo on responding to numerous sexual misconduct allegations, say the anchor is owed both the money and an apology.

As CNN has admitted, network standards were changed in a calculated decision to boost ratings, Cuomos lawyer Bryan Freedman told HuffPost. When those practices were called into question, Chris was made the scapegoat.

Cuomos lawyers argued in Wednesdays filing that CNN enjoyed the benefits of Cuomos relationship with the governor when it served the network, only to punish him when it did not.

While Gov. Cuomo was riding high as a widely popular leader in the Democratic Party , CNN was more than happy to benefit from the connection between the governor and CNNs most popular news anchor, the filing says, claiming that the network pushed the Cuomos to appear on air together despite both brothers expressing reservations that it would not be journalistically appropriate .

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, CNN said there was significant human interest in seeing the brothers discuss the crisis on air and that it had decided to make an exception to its rule that Cuomo not interview the governor.

A CNN spokesperson declined to comment on any of the allegations in the filing.

Cuomos lawyers allege that CNN and its parent company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., went so far as to try to stop the governor from appearing on other networks. During his appearances, they claim, CNN leaders sometimes gave the governor talking points for responding to then-President Donald Trump s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.