Les Moonves’ $11.5K Settlement With City Of LA Rejected By Ethics Commission; Stormy Meeting Over Ex-CBS Boss'”Misuse” Of 2017 LAPD Sexual Assault Report
deadline.comLos Angeles’ Ethics Commission has rejected Les Moonves’ $11,250 settlement with the city over information leaked to the once powerful CBS CEO by a LAPD officer about sexual assault allegations.
The vote against Moonves was unanimous. The Ethics Commission also voted 4-0 to “disapprove” a $2500 settlement with ex-CBS VP Ian Metrose.
In an agreement worked out by City staff and his lawyers at the Sutton Law firm admitted “he violated City law by aiding and abetting the disclosure and misuse of confidential information.” Earlier this month, Moonves agreed to pay his fine to LA for violating the city’s ethics code by “inducing a city official to misuse his position in order to create an advantage for Moonves.” Represented by Andrew Levander and Hartley M.K.
West of Dechert LLP, Moonves sent over a cashier’s check last week. That advantage the once feared CBS CEO achieved was insider knowledge and intel on a police report made in 2017 by Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb.
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