Ex-CBS CEO Les Moonves fined for allegedly tampering with sexual assault probe into him [Video]

Former CBS President and CEO Les Moonves had to pay $11,250 this month after it was found that he attempted to influence a now-retired LAPD captain to interfere in the sexual assault probe against him.

According to legal documents from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission that were obtained by a local NBC affiliate, Moonves agreed to pay the fine after it became clear he attempted to interfere with the probe against him.

Moonves resigned from CBS in 2018 after 12 women accused the executive of sexual misconduct in a pair of New Yorker articles published by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow. 

The ex-CEO has denied the accusations against him.

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A New York Times report at the time of Moonves’ exit also accused the ex-network head of destroying evidence related to the investigation into his misconduct, as well as misleading investigators who were involved. 

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