Black eye

2 August 2018 By Jennifer Saba Follow @jennifersaba

Les Moonves was accused of sexual harassment in a published report. The company is belatedly investigating. If he violated CBS rules, the overpaid Moonves should lose the $184 mln he could collect if terminated without cause. That would partially redeem an otherwise feeble board.

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The CBS board of directors said on Aug. 1 it had approved the retention of Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton to conduct a full investigation of the allegations in recent press reports about Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, CBS News and cultural issues at all levels of media group CBS.

On July 30, the board postponed the company’s annual shareholder meeting, previously scheduled for Aug. 10.

Six women said that Moonves made unwanted advances and retaliated against them, according to a New Yorker article published on July 27.

Moonves said in an emailed statement to Reuters on July 27: “I recognize that there were times decades ago when I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances.”

CBS will report second-quarter earnings on Aug. 2.

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