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CA NY Open US News navigation US News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Search trending now in US News Skip to main content Life-threatening blizzard bomb cyclone to unleash feet of snow,... Trump warns of 'very bad' future if NATO allies refuse to help... Disgraced NY teacher nicknamed 'Major Hands' accused of hosting... Trump defends Mark Levin after pundit's wild podcast feud with... Secret NYC neighborhood has kids going to suburban schools but... Woman crushed to death by St. Patrick's Day Parade float in freak... Police refuse to release violent criminal despite judge's order:... First known case of severe mpox virus strain detected in NYC US News Savannah Guthrie is ‘livid’ over false accusations against brother-in-law in missing mom case By Emily Crane Published March 16, 2026, 6:21 a.m. ET “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie is “livid” over early claims her brother-in-law was a prime suspect in her mom Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, according to her former NBC colleague Megyn Kelly.
The conservative firebrand said she had learned Guthrie was left fuming after fellow journalist, Ashleigh Banfield, had alleged the brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, was somehow tied to the Feb.1 kidnapping in Tucson, Ariz.
Kelly dropped the revelation amid reports Guthrie is planning to sue Banfield over the false allegation — and especially since the Pima County Sheriff’s Office publicly cleared the family of having any involvement.
“I have not been able to confirm that the Guthrie family wants to sue Ashleigh Banfield, but I have confirmed that Savannah is livid about that report and definitely does not suspect her or her brother-in-law,” Kelly said during an episode of SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show late last week.
“Can you blame her? I mean, of course, she loves her sister, I’m sure she loves her brother-in-law, and I’m sure she genuinely doesn’t believe they had anything to do with it.”
Cioni and his wife Annie Guthrie were the last known people to see Nancy after having dinner with her the night before she vanished, according to investigators.
Just days after her disappearance, Banfield went on air citing a single law enforcement source who said Cioni was possibly being eyed as a suspect.
Previous 1 of 13 Next Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Banfield later doubled down on her reporting — even after Sheriff Chris Nanos insisted there were no persons of interest in the case.
