The creator of Designing Women and Evening Shade weighs in, and she weighed in with a ton of bricks.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/designing-women-creator-les-moonves-not-all-harassment-is-sexual-1142448 On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 5:28 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. I don’t expect them to release the content of the report. But I > think they can say that the investigation is complete, and that they have a > report. Moonves is admitting engaging in sexual behavior with subordinates > 30 years ago, before he came to CBS. That alone is probably not enough to > fire him for cause (unless they asked about that when he was hired or > promoted, which seems unlikely). I assume the reason they are now saying > his sever pay is being withheld “for now” is because they are either > waiting for the formal report of their internal investigation (which I > hope) or they are negotiating a sizable reducuto what he would be entitled > to under his contract, which would mean that technically he is being fired > for PR reasons. > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 9:58 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I suspect CBS has rules about releasing internal investigations, >> especially since lawsuits are undoubtedly going to be in the cards. As I >> recall, in CA an employer can be sued for releasing certain details about >> why an employee was let go. >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 11:45 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The story from CBS News, which makes explicit what was probably implied >>> anyway - that the $100M+ payout previously reported as a possibility was >>> what his contract requires if he is let go without cause. If he goes >>> without any severance payment, it will mean he is being fired for cause - >>> which would suggest the investigation commissoned by the Board found >>> something. So far I have not found any reference in the stories to the >>> findings of this investigation. It would be unfortunate in my view, for >>> several reasons, if they just dump Monves and terminate the in-house >>> investigation without getting a formal report. WIthout an internal finding >>> of bad behavior, and a firing for cause, this can be read as the Board >>> simply terminating him because he had lost his effectiveness due to bad PR. >>> >>> >>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leslie-moonves-departs-cbs-ceo-chairman-financial-package-withheld-pending-investigation/ >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 6:11 PM Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *>From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On >>>> Behalf Of *Jon Delfin >>>> *>Sent:* Sunday, September 9, 2018 8:56 PM >>>> *>To:* tvornottv <[email protected]> >>>> *>Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Guess Julie Chen's career is over. >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >Ce n'est pas vrai. (Is that even close to right? My high school French >>>> is many decades behind me.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> C’est exactement ça. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Doug Fields >>>> >>>> Tampa, FL >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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.
