Nancy Guthrie News: Savannah Guthrie Reportedly Believes Anchor ‘Crossed’ a Line Naming Brother-in-Law as a Suspect

Savannah Guthrie was reportedly “livid” when former NewsNation reporter Ashleigh Banfield labeled her brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, a suspect in her mom Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, and now, a new report says that Savannah isn’t getting over the betrayal anytime soon.

“She was trying to handle this with dignity,” a source told Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice Substack on Friday, March 27. “Then suddenly someone she knows is being labeled a suspect on national TV. That’s devastating.”

Another source told the outlet that Savannah, 54, “felt completely blindsided” by Banfield’s claims.

“There’s a line between reporting and causing harm — and Savannah believes that line was crossed,” the source explained.

A third source said the Today host was “heartbroken” when she learned that Banfield, 58, claimed that Cioni had been named as a “prime suspect” in Nancy’s disappearance just two days after she was reported missing.

“They have towed Annie Guthrie’s car. There is some connection to Annie Guthrie’s car and Nancy Guthrie’s son-in-law,” Banfield said during the February 4 episode of her YouTube show Drop Dead Serious.

“My law enforcement sources tell me that Tommaso Cioni is the prime suspect in this case,” she continued. “Again, my law enforcement source tells me that Nancy Guthrie’s son-in-law, married to Annie Guthrie, Savannah’s sister, is maybe, maybe a prime suspect.”

On February 16, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos cleared all members of the Guthrie family, including Cioni.

“To be clear…the Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this,” Nanos said in a statement shared via the Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s official X account.

The statement continued, “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple…please, I’m begging you the media to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism.”

However, for Savannah, apparently the damage was done.

“There’s too much hurt,” the source said to Naughty But Nice. “Some wounds are just too deep. Savannah will never forgive her. Never.”