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CBS Is Finally Settling Its Les Moonves Litigation

The former television executive, despite losing his $120 million severance, is still costing CBS money following his #MeToo defenestration.

Les Moonves
Photo by Paul Andrew Hawthorne/WireImage
Eriq Gardner
March 15, 2022

It took a few years, but CBS is resolving the shareholder litigation over the exit of former chairman Leslie Moonves, the powerful media executive who was forced out in in September 2018 after a sexual misconduct scandal. On Tuesday, a federal judge was told about a proposed settlement. The terms, which have not been disclosed, will require the judge’s approval.