Leslie Moonves, the longtime head of CBS, has resigned, only hours after The New Yorker magazine published an article detailing a slew of new sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against Moonves. In July, six women accused Moonves of sexual harassment in a New Yorker article. Then, on Sunday, the magazine published a second article in which six more women accuse Moonves of assault and harassment, including saying he forced them to perform oral sex on him, that he exposed himself to them without their consent and that he retaliated against them professionally after they rejected his sexual advances. One woman, television executive Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb, filed a police complaint against Moonves, accusing him of physically restraining her and forcing her to perform oral sex, and—in a separate instance—physically throwing her against a wall. The New York Times reports Moonves could walk away with as much as $120 million in severance pay from CBS.
CBS Head Leslie Moonves Resigns, After New Sexual Assault & Harassment Accusations
HeadlineSep 10, 2018
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