Actress Accuses Former CBS Chief of Sexual Assault
by EG
CBS fired CEO Les Moonves over numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, but it also gave him a $120-million payoff on his way out the door. A new accusation, though, could give the network an excuse to back out of the deal. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Disgraced ex-CBS chief Les Moonves forced an aspiring actress to perform oral sex on him during a 1995 meeting — and his efforts to cover it up could cost him a $120 million severance package, according to a new report Wednesday.
Bobbie Phillips, then 25, told the New York Times that she went to Moonves’ office at the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank at the direction of her manager, who told her that Moonves — who’d just launched the hit TV shows “Friends” and “E.R” — could make her a star.
During the March 7, 1995, meeting, Phillips said Moonves — then president of Warner Bros. Television — promised to arrange a meeting for her with the “E.R.” casting director, then showed her an easel that displayed the status of various studio projects.
When Phillips turned back to face Moonves, she said, he’d dropped his trousers to expose his erect penis.
“Look how hard you make me,” he reportedly said.
Phillips also said Moonves — who was married with three kids — told her, “Be my girlfriend and I’ll put you on any show.”
He then grabbed Phillips by the neck, pushed her to her knees and forced his penis into her mouth, she told the Times.
When Moonves was interrupted by a phone call, Phillips said she picked up a baseball bat that was leaning against his desk and noticed a photo of Moonves’ wife on a shelf.
“All I could think was that I wanted to use the baseball bat to knock his head off,” she said.
After Moonves finished the call, which was with the “E.R.” casting director whom he said wanted to meet Phillips, she put down the bat, made up an excuse to leave and ran out, she said.
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