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Report: Les Moonves personally oversaw CBS' $9.5 million settlement with Eliza Dushku -- payout was "sneaked" into Bull's production budget
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Deadline reports the former CBS boss "was deeply and directly involved in the $9.5 million payout that CBS forked over to Eliza Dushku in January after the actor accused Bull lead, Michael Weatherly, of sexual harassment on the first season of the CBS drama...Additionally, the confidential payment was sneaked into Bull’s production budget in an effort apparently motivated to avoid the sum popping up on the company’s books, sources say."
TOPICS: Eliza Dushku, CBS, Bull, Les Moonves, Michael Weatherly, Sexual Misconduct
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