ABC news anchor Liz Cho and her estranged husband, Josh Elliott, have agreed to settle their bitter divorce through private arbitration.
The exes, both 55, signed off on a plan to have Connecticut Judge Elliot N. Solomon hear their disputes in a closed proceeding set for October 2026, according to court papers. The arbitrator will have power to hold either party in contempt and will issue a binding decision within 30 days of the hearing. The couple also agreed that no official record or recording of the arbitration session “shall not be required.”
The arbitration will cover the divorce itself, alimony, property division, counsel and expert fees, plus any unresolved claims and discovery disputes. The move toward private resolution marks a shift for a pair whose split has played out through increasingly hostile court filings since Elliott filed for divorce on June 20, after nearly a decade of marriage.
Cho, who anchors “Eyewitness News,” launched the acrimony early with a November 6 court filing demanding Elliott turn over communications with “any person… With whom [he] has or has had a romantic and/or sexual relationship, from July 11, 2015, to the present.” She also sought any “communications in connection with [his] search for any employment.”
The following January, Cho accused Elliott of clearing out their Connecticut home. She claimed he moved a “significant amount of furniture and furnishings” and took their two Portuguese water dogs, and she reported being “missing a valuable watch and earrings from her jewelry bag,” noting her ex was “the only other person who had access to the missing watch and jewelry.”
Elliott’s legal team pushed back in court papers, writing, “[Elliott] did not ransack the marital home…. He removed limited personal property and furnishings so he would have a safe haven from [Cho’s] escalating and erratic behavior directed at not only [Elliott] but his minor child as well.” He separately denied the jewelry claims, adding, “[Elliott] removed only limited furniture items and furnishings, many from the basement, solely to furnish a new residence after removing himself and his child from a hostile environment created by [Cho].”
Elliott’s counter-allegations painted Cho as controlling and vindictive. He accused her of “monitoring and listening to [Elliott’s] private phone calls; rifling through [Elliott’s] personal belongings and closet; leaving the marital residence for extended periods without communication despite the presence of two dogs requiring daily care.” He also claimed she “lashed out” at him while he was “washing grapes for his daughter’s lunch, exclaiming that the grapes were hers and he was not permitted to put them in the child’s lunch,” and alleged she had a habit of “locking doors and shutting off lights on [his] teenage daughter in the evening when it was 14 degrees outside.”
The discovery battles continued into this year. In August, Cho filed for a protective order to block a deposition of her scheduled for July 23, arguing it was “noticed without any inquiry as to the availability of [Cho] and her counsel.” She also objected to producing “copies of any written correspondence, emails, cards, text messages, or any written forms of communication between you and any person, other than the Plaintiff, with whom you have or have had a romantic and/or sexual relationship from July 11, 2015 to June 23.” At a July 24 virtual hearing, however, she agreed to hand over those communications.
The couple met while both worked for ABC and married in July 2015; it was the second marriage for each. Elliott, who co-hosted “Good Morning America” from 2011 to 2014, later had short runs at NBC and CBSN. Cho has remained with “Eyewitness News” throughout the marriage and its dissolution.
The arbitration is scheduled for October 2026 in Connecticut.
