Allegations of Misconduct Against CBS President: The Company Investigates

Of the six alleged victims, four say that the former actor allegedly touched or forcibly kissed them. Three of them testified openly.

The oldest accusations date back to the mid-1980s, a time when Leslie Moonves had not yet joined CBS, which he incorporated in 1995. The allegations included The most recent reports date back to the early 2000s.

Several alleged victims also claim to have been threatened by the leader after they refused his advances and were professionally sanctioned.

In a statement sent to AFP by CBS , the 68-year-old leader, one of America's most inescapable figures, admitted to making "advances decades ago" that he "regrets immensely" to women, but believes Never being delivered to badual harbadment

"I always understood and respected the fact that" no "meant" no ", and I kept to that principle, he added. I have never used my position to hurt or hinder someone's career.

Beyond the personal case of Leslie Moonves, the article of New Yorker states that there was a culture of laissez-faire within CBS that favored badual harbadment. [19659002HecitesothercasesincludingthatofstarpresenterCharlieRosewhowasfiredlastNovemberaftereightwomenaccusedhimofharbadmentandeventouching

In a statement sent to AFP, the chain felt that the image that was given of her in the article was not faithful to reality, that of a society, according to her, which "treats its tens of thousands of employees with dignity and respect".

The author of the article, Ronan Farrow, son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, received a Pulitzer Prize in the spring for his revelations about film producer Harvey Weinstein, which contained the first evidence of rape

At the beginning of May, he deposed the powerful state prosecutor t New York, Eric Schneiderman, publishing the testimony of four women accusing him of violence and threats.

The company investigates

The action of CBS stalled after the publication of an article of Hollywood Reporter announcing that of New Yorker . The stock lost 6.12% on the New York Stock Exchange.

Rarely, even before the article was published, CBS issued a statement announcing that an internal investigation had been opened and that it would be directed by the independent directors.

"Once this inquiry […] is completed, the board of directors will study its conclusions and take the necessary actions," the independent directors said.

Since the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, who is now charged, has witnessed increased incidents of misbehavior, badual badault, harbadment, and rape.

These have included media, sports, and politics. The voices of the victims have been released and testimonials are accumulating against famous men, accused of abusing their power with women.

Leslie Moonves is a television legend who managed to straighten the CBS channel, in great difficulty during the 1990s, and to make it the most watched American channel of the last decade.

Arrived in 1995 within the group, then promoted to its head in 2003, he launched several programs became immense success, as The Big Bang Theory the family of CSI [ The Experts ] or Survivor .

Leslie Moonves is engaged with the Redstone family, the majority shareholder of CBS, in a battle for the future of the channel, which the Redstone wish to merge with the Viacom media group, against his advice.