Les Moonves, the onetime head of CBS, was fired for cause and will not receive a severance package in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, the television network announced Monday.
Les Moonves, the onetime head of CBS, was fired for cause and will not receive a severance package in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, the television network announced Monday.
Moonves, who transformed the corporation into the most watched television network in the country, was one of the most respected executives in Hollywood until he was first publicly accused.
Two articles published by The New Yorker — in July and in September — detailed allegations against the 69-year-old television titan from 12 different women. He resigned in September.
At the time, CBS said Moonves and the network would donate $20 million to supporting the #MeToo movement and equality for women in the workplace.
CBS said a company investigation found Moonves guilty of « willful and material misfeasance, » and said he refused to cooperate with the probe.
