# CEO of CBS accused of groping women

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 29, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765 "2018-07-29T11:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/1 "2018-07-29T11:32:57Z")

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Add another name to the long list

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He admitted to at least one of these incidents

> **[Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/les-moonves-and-cbs-face-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct)**
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> Six women accuse the C.E.O. of harassment and intimidation, and dozens more describe abuse at his company.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/2 "2018-07-29T12:50:42Z")

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Another friend of Bill and Hillary turns out to be a slime ball to go along with Jeff Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Surprise, surprise, surprise

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/3 "2018-07-29T13:41:10Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> Another friend of Bill and Hillary turns out to be a slime ball to go along with Jeff Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Surprise, surprise, surprise

Oh puh leeze. Slime has no political color.

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/4 "2018-07-29T13:57:15Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> Another friend of Bill and Hillary turns out to be a slime ball to go along with Jeff Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Surprise, surprise, surprise

So true!

[With Weinstein!](https://e3.365dm.com/17/10/1096x616/skynews-donald-trump-melania-trump_4123111.jpg?20171008143034)

[With Epstein](http://www.renegadetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/700334384-2.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/5 "2018-07-29T15:34:30Z")

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> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> Another friend of Bill and Hillary turns out to be a slime ball to go along with Jeff Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Surprise, surprise, surprise

Moonves may have been a friend of theirs in the past. But now that he’s been accused of sexual harassment, he’ll have to join the Republican Party so he can keep his job.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/6 "2018-07-29T15:55:48Z")

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Why is crap like this even newsworthy?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/7 "2018-07-29T15:57:53Z")

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**[Moderating]**

**Jim’s Son** , you know that this isn’t the place for political potshots. This is an official Warning.

And no more political potshots from anyone else, either.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/8 "2018-07-29T17:12:22Z")

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Well, I guess this is a good time to buy stock in both Acme Tar and Amalgamated Feathers.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-of-cbs-accused-of-groping-women/818765/9 "2018-07-29T18:25:52Z")

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Shari Redstone has been planning to merge CBS and Viacom but Moonves has opposed this. So what does that mean for that? Will CBS continue to oppose the merger? (The Hollywood Reporter said that CBS suggested that Redstone was behind the accusations.
