Les Moonves allegedly had CBS employee ‘on call’ to perform oral sex

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• According to a draft of a report from lawyers investigating
  sexual assault claims against former CBS CEO Les Moonves, which
  was reviewed by The New York Times, Moonves had a CBS employee
  “on call” to perform oral sex.
• According to The Times, the report said that a number of
  employees knew of this and “believed that the woman was
  protected from discipline or termination” because of it.
• The report also said that Moonves had received oral sex
  from at least four CBS employees, and concluded that the
  circumstances “sound transactional and improper.”

Former CBS CEO Les Moonves had a CBS employee “on call” to
perform oral sex on him, according to a draft of a report from
outside lawyers investigating sexual assault claims against him,
which was reviewed by The New York Times.

According to The Times, the report also said that “a number
of employees were aware of this and believed that the woman was
protected from discipline or termination as a result of
it.”

CBS declined to comment to Business Insider.

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The unidentified employee was not interviewed by lawyers,
according to The Times, but, in interviews with lawyers, Moonves
“admitted to receiving oral sex from the woman, his
subordinate.”

Moonves described the acts as consensual, according to The
Times, and “vehemently denies having any non-consensual sexual
relations,” Moonves’ lawyer told The Times. “He never put or kept
someone on the payroll for the purpose of sex. He has cooperated
extensively and fully with investigators,” Moonves’ lawyer
said.

The Times said the report also noted that Moonves “received
oral sex from at least 4 CBS employees under circumstances that
sound transactional and improper to the extent that there was no
hint of any relationship, romance, or reciprocity.”

Lawyers did not speak to any of the women, according to The
Times, but the report concluded that “such a pattern arguably
constitutes willful misfeasance and violation of the company’s
sexual harassment policy.”