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Six Women Accuse CBS Head Les Moonves of Sexual Assault and Harassment

HeadlineJul 30, 2018

The longtime head of CBS, Les Moonves, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least six women. The New Yorker reports the women accuse Moonves of forcibly kissing or touching them during business meetings, and physically and professionally threatening them after they rejected his sexual advances. One of his accusers, Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Illeana Douglas, told The New Yorker Moonves forcibly held her down and violently kissed her, saying, “What happened to me was a sexual assault, and then I was fired for not participating.” Another one of his accusers, writer Janet Jones, told The New Yorker, “He has gotten away with it for decades.”

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