According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), The New Yorker will run a piece alleging that Leslie Moonves, the CEO and chairman of CBS, will be accused of sexual misconduct.
According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), The New Yorker will run a piece alleging that Leslie Moonves, the CEO and chairman of CBS, will be accused of sexual misconduct.
An article from The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his report detailing Harvey Weinstein’s alleged pattern of rape and sexual assault, will reportedly include allegations of unwanted kissing and touching. THR quoted a spokesperson for The New Yorker asserting, “We don’t comment on pieces we haven’t published.“
THR reported that CBS responded to the news by stating:
Moonves, 68, is currently battling with Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder in both CBS and Viacom for control of the company. Redstone had wanted to merge the two companies. CBS sued Redstone in May; Redstone fired back with a lawsuit arguing Moonves lacked the right to strip her of control of the network.
Moonves joined CBS in 1995; Shari Redstone’s father Sumner acquired the company in 2000. Moonves became chairman in 2016.
In 2012, Moonves attended a fundraiser for President Barack Obama in Beverly Hills sponsored by the LGBT Leadership Council, asserting, „Partisanship is very much a part of journalism now.“
