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Leak of a draft report on Les Moonves likely cost CBS tens of millions of dollars
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In December 2018, The New York Times published details of a law firm's 59-page draft report detailing how the former CBS CEO obstructed investigations into his sexual misconduct. Vanity Fair reports the leak violated the expectation of privacy for one of the one witnesses, prompting a settlement costing likely tens of millions of dollars.
TOPICS: Les Moonves, CBS, Legal
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