CBS paid Les Moonves $12.5 million last year. https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-leslie-moonves-cbs-compensation-20190412-story.html
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 7:48 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Ex-CBS CEO Les Moonves to challenge severance denial > NEW YORK (AP) - Former CBS CEO Les Moonves is fighting the company's > decision to deny his $120 million severance package following his firing > over sexual misconduct allegations. > Moonves is demanding binding arbitration proceedings to challenge the > decision, CBS announced in a filing Thursday with the Security Exchange > Commission. > The company's board of directors denied Moonves his severance last month > after concluding that he violated company policy and did not cooperate with > an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations. > Moonves, one of television's most influential figures, was ousted in > September after allegations from women who said he subjected them to > mistreatment including forced oral sex, groping and retaliation if they > resisted. > The former CEO's legal team declined to comment Thursday. His lawyer, > Andrew Levander, has previously said that Moonves cooperated fully with the > investigation, which was conducted by two outside law firms. Moonves has > also denied any allegations of non-consensual sex. > Moonves, who had earned praise for turning around the fortunes of CBS when > he took over as entertainment chief in 1995, had been one of the > highest-paid executives in the nation, making about $70 million in each of > the past two years. > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:08 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Kevin M, to my Evening News note, early Wed. (12/19): >> >> As part of of Moonves' contract, CBS must pay his legal fees... including >> the cost of him suing CBS should he choose to do so >> >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/business/cbs-les-moonves-legal-fight.html >> >> Not sure where the photo used in the article is from, but it gives the >> impression Les is now living in Bin Laden's old cave, sending out cryptic >> text messages on a burn phone >> >> >> It's from one of those Sun Valley confabs >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_%26_Company_Sun_Valley_Conference> >> held by the investment bank Allen & Company (Wiki link). It's cold enough >> to matter up there, even in the dead of summer when they're held. >> >> B >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
