Moonves out at CBS

JacksinPA said:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/09/moonves-ousted-cbs-shief-813556

Leslie Moonves has been removed as CEO of CBS Corp., the company announced Sunday — hours after six women leveled a new slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the network titan.

Moonves already faced misconduct allegations from six other women. All the alleged victims detailed their accounts to The New Yorker magazine.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely & Moonves is a case study in himself.

Unfortunately, he will lose his fat severance package on the way out the door.

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The network didn’t address the allegations directly, but said Moonves will donate $20 million to one or more organizations that support the #MeToo movement and equality for women in the workplace.

“The donation, which will be made immediately, has been deducted from any severance benefits that may be due Moonves,” the statement said.

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trixare4kids said:

If he was removed, why does my link from AP say he quit?

CBS’ Les Moonves quits after new sex misconduct charges

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Moonves in July told The New Yorker in a statement that he "understood and respected — and abided by the principle — that ‘no’ means ‘no,’" but acknowledged that "there were times decades ago when I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances."

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Veteran television executive Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb, now in her 80s, last year filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department accusing Moonves of forcing her to perform oral sex and acting violently toward her in the 1980s. The department found the allegations credible, but the statute of limitations had lapsed:

Moonves, she recalled, came into her office in the middle of a workday and suggested the two of them go out for lunch. Instead of taking her to a nearby restaurant, she said, Moonves drove her to a secluded area. When Golden-Gottlieb began to ask if he was having trouble finding a parking space, she said that Moonves “grabbed my head and he took it all the way down onto his penis, and pushed his penis into my mouth.” She said he held her head in place forcibly. “He came very quickly,” she recalled. “You sort of just go numb. You don’t know what to do.”

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Cardinal said:

Yeah, you made women a little more than "uncomfortable," Les.



https://www.vox.com/2018/9/9/17838310/new-yorker-les-moonves-accusers-cbs-ronan-farrow

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