Former CBS CEO Responds To Ethics Violation, Agrees To Pay Fine

What is it with Hollywood and television and sexual scandals? It seems as if not a single day goes by where we don’t hear about five or six.

Former CBS executive Les Moonves was alleged to have committed sexual assault in a criminal complaint filed to the LAPD in 2017.

Sources say that Moonves allegedly interfered in the police investigation against him by colluding with former LAPD Police Captain Cory Palka to receive inside information about the case.

Moonves has agreed to settle the ethics complaint against him by paying a fine of $11,250 to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.

Despite the settlement from Moonves, not much has been said regarding former LAPD Police Captain Cory Palka’s role in the ethics violation. Here’s what we currently know:

Former CBS chief Les Moonves has agreed to pay $11,250 for trying to influence a former police captain, who was allegedly leaking inside information about a sexual assault investigation of the former CBS chief executive. https://t.co/GpRpYkpToc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 17, 2024

Any reporter covering Les Moonves and the ethics commission fine needs to be asking about comprehensive ethics reform and the abdication by our City government on reform. This story is not just this scandal. It’s about institutional harm at so many levels.

— Jamie York – pass the MLO w/o bad amendments (@ResedaforAll) February 17, 2024

🧵We need to turn out at the Ethics meeting tmr at 12. LAPD Captain Cory Palka gave the sexual assault report of Les Moonves’ accuser to Moonves and now the Ethics Commission is proposing a reduced fine due to cooperation. https://t.co/TRiuDVkVTH pic.twitter.com/nZZMe1Ngt9

— Jamie York – pass the MLO w/o bad amendments (@ResedaforAll) February 20, 2024

According to The Epoch Times:

Through Mr. Palka, they say, Mr. Moonves obtained an unredacted copy of the police report, which also included personal information such as the home address and phone number of the accuser.

Mr. Moonves also met with Mr. Palka for an hour at a restaurant to discuss the complaint and ways to quash it.

Film The Police LA also called for the prosecution of Moonves’ alleged collaborator, former LAPD Captain Cory Palka for his reported role in the ethics violation.

Former LAPD Hollywood Captain Cory Palka didn’t just provide confidential info to Les Moonves about his rape accuser, he seems to have offered criticism of the rape victim’s credibility. In fact, he had meetings with Moonves in person to discuss the case.

He needs to go to jail. https://t.co/93Gq5mxD4n pic.twitter.com/16n0Z3D3cC

— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) February 17, 2024

Daily Caller provided background context for the original complaint against Moonves:

Gottlieb accused Moonves of assaulting her in 1986 while she was employed at an entertainment firm, according to the outlet.

Although the allegations were reported to the LAPD in 2017, the statute of limitations had expired, preventing any potential criminal charges, according to the outlet.