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Leslie Moonves Fined $15,000 for Obtaining Secret Intel on LAPD Sex Assault Investigation

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Leslie Moonves, the former CEO of CBS, was fined $15,000 on Wednesday by the L.A. City Ethics Commission for obtaining secret information in 2017 about an LAPD sex assault investigation of which he was the target.

The commission voted 4-0 to approve the penalty, which is the maximum allowed for ethics violations under the L.A. City Charter.

The vote came two months after the commission rejected a $11,250 fine, finding it did not match the egregious nature of the violation.

The case, which reminded some observers of the police corruption depicted in “L.A. Confidential,” centered on Cory Palka, the retired commander of the Hollywood division.

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