The woman he had the relationship with has also called it consensual:
Gollust, who joined CNN in 2013 and plans to stay at the network, released a statement the same day: “Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years," she said. “Recently, our relationship changed during covid. I regret that we didn’t disclose it at the right time.”
Sounds like it might have been consensual, but the problem was that they’re suppose to disclose such a relationship, but they did not.
