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ViacomCBS: Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves Will Not Receive $120 Million Severance Check

© AP Photo / Chris Pizzellon this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, poses at the premiere of the new television series "Star Trek: Discovery" in Los Angeles. Prosecutors in Southern California have declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against Moonves because the statute of limitations has expired. Moonves acknowledged making advances that may have made women uncomfortable but said he never misused his position to hinder anyone's career. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
n this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, poses at the premiere of the new television series Star Trek: Discovery in Los Angeles. Prosecutors in Southern California have declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against Moonves because the statute of limitations has expired. Moonves acknowledged making advances that may have made women uncomfortable but said he never misused his position to hinder anyone's career. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.05.2021
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Leslie Moonves notoriously resigned as chairman and CEO of the CBS Corporation in September 2018, shortly after a series of damning articles prompted an investigation into several allegations of both sexual harassment and sexual assault. Moonves has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. 

A Friday filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed the conclusion of Moonves' two-year legal battle over the CBS Board of Directors' 2018 investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by him. 

"The disputes between Mr. Moonves and CBS have now been resolved, and on May 14, 2021, the parties dismissed the arbitration proceeding," the SEC filing read. 

Moonves, now 71 years old, initiated a binding arbitration proceeding in January 2019 to obtain a severance package and dispute the Board's investigation. Per the CBS Corporation's "Separation Agreement" with Moonves, a total of $120 million was contributed to a grantor trust back in October 2018.

"The assets of the grantor trust will revert to the Company in their entirety," the filing concluded. 

While Moonves has been denied a severance package, it is unlikely the former CBS executive is broke, as he raked in an industry-leading salary of approximately $69.55 million for 2016 alone, according to SEC data. That year, CBS registered the most total viewers of any TV network amid coverage of the US presidential election race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, which Moonves said "may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS."

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