CBS takes no immediate action on CEO Les Moonves as he selects lawyers for investigation

The Board of Directors Administration of CBS Corp. CEO, Leslie Moonves, did not take immediate action with respect to allegations of badual misconduct, but he indicated that he was about to choose a external counsel to conduct an independent inquiry into the matter. The New Yorker magazine published an article detailing the allegations of six women who reported that Moonves had badually harbaded them during incidents between 1985 and 2006.

"No further action was taken at this time. subject at the board of directors ".

Moonves said that he "was able to make some women uncomfortable by making advances", which he called mistakes that he greatly regretted, but that he understood "no" means "no" The claims come as the #MeToo social movement has targeted business leaders, politicians and artists for misconduct badual violence, leading to resignations in large corporations, in Hollywood and among lawmakers.

Moonves is engaged in a battle over control of CBS with the company's largest shareholder, National Amusements Inc., owned by Shari Redstone and her father Sumner Redstone. Shari Redstone proposed to merge CBS with the media company Viacom Inc., also owned by National Amusements.