CBS reported record revenues Thursday, exceeding investors’ estimates of quarterly earnings and driving up share prices of the media company. CBS announced the earnings on a conference call that included longtime CEO Les Moonves, who’s been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least six women who say he forcibly kissed or touched them during business meetings and physically and professionally threatened them after they rejected his sexual advances.
During Thursday’s call, not a single reporter asked Moonves about his alleged sexual misconduct, instead allowing him to speak at length about CBS’s earnings. The allegations against Moonves were revealed in a New Yorker investigation by Ronan Farrow that also uncovered sexual harassment claims against CBS “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager. The New Yorker reports that Fager made unwanted advances toward employees and protected other men accused of sexual misconduct.