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His Victims Will Be Over The Moon

February 9, 2018 Blind Gossip

SOLVED!

UPDATED!

[Blind Gossip] We told you earlier this year that this very big name in entertainment was about to be exposed for his many transgressions against women.

Well, talk is getting louder about the identity of the media man, because that story is nearing publication!

His victims will be happy that he is finally being exposed and that their voices are being heard.

Know who probably won’t be over the moon about the expose? His wife!

Similar: Keep An Eye Out For CBS Abuser

Media Man:

Clues:

[Optional] What do you think should/will happen to him?

SOLVED!

Media Man: Leslie Moonves, CEO of CBS

Blind Gossip told you at the beginning of 2018 that Les Moonves, CEO of CBS, was under investigation for the sexual harassment of multiple female employees.

It took about six months, but, thanks to Ronan Farrow, the story is finally breaking publicly!

Did you catch the two major clues?

“Over The Moon” = Moonves. “Talk is getting louder” = The Talk, a show on CBS. Moonves’ wife, Julie Chen, is the host of The Talk, as well as Big Brother. Both shows are on CBS.

Did you know that Moonves had an affair with Julie Chen while he was married to his first wife?

And that he married Chen just two weeks after his divorce?

Now you do!

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Leslie Moonves Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Ronan Farrow Exposé

The CBS CEO, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, is accused of unwanted kissing and touching in a New Yorker article set to be published Friday.
The New Yorker is poised to publish an article by Ronan Farrow that includes allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of embattled CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

A spokesperson for The New Yorker says, “We don’t comment on pieces we haven’t published.” Sources with knowledge of the article say it delves into the broader culture at CBS and will publish later today on the magazine’s website.

CBS said in a statement that it is investigating the claims made against Moonves. “All allegations of personal misconduct are to be taken seriously,” the network stated. “The Independent Directors of CBS have committed to investigating claims that violate the Company’s clear policies in that regard. Upon the conclusion of that investigation, which involves recently reported allegations that go back several decades, the Board will promptly review the findings and take appropriate action.”

CBS added: “The timing of this report comes in the midst of the Company’s very public legal dispute. While that litigation process continues, the CBS management team has the full support of the independent board members. Along with that team, we will continue to focus on creating value for our shareowners.”

The allegations are said in part to involve instances of unwanted kissing and touching that occurred more than 20 years ago, as well as numerous claims that occurred more recently.

Moonves, 68, has been married to CBS personality Julie Chen since 2004. (The two wed less than two weeks after Moonves finalized his divorce from Nancy Wiesenfeld, whom he had married in 1978.)

Farrow, the reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged pattern of rape and sexual assault, is said to have investigated Moonves and the environment at CBS for months, as rumors swirled through the industry that such an article was in the works.

It is unclear what impact The New Yorker report will have at a time when Moonves is locked in litigation with Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder in both CBS and Viacom. The feud erupted after CBS resisted Redstone’s desire to merge the two companies, which she controls through voting shares in the Redstone family-controlled trust, National Amusements Inc.

CBS sued Redstone in May to prevent her from attempting to take control by ousting directors or changing bylaws. Redstone responded with her own lawsuit saying Moonves had no right to strip her of control of CBS.

CBS received unwelcome scrutiny in November when it fired Charlie Rose after The Washington Post reported that eight women had accused the talk-show host and co-anchor of CBS This Morning of sexual misconduct. In a May 3 follow-up, the paper reported that CBS managers had been warned about Rose’s conduct on three occasions, as early as in 1986 (long before Moonves worked at the network) and as recently as in April 2017. Among an additional 27 women who came forward with allegations against Rose were 14 CBS News employees.

A charismatic one-time actor, Moonves has long wielded exceptionally tight control over CBS while producing exceptional results. He has kept hits on the air during a turbulent time for the broadcast business: In 2017, CBS ranked as the most-watched network in terms of total viewers (as it had done for nine consecutive years), though it trailed NBC in the 18-to-49 demo.

With entertainment consumption habits changing quickly, Moonves launched the CBS All Access streaming service with a spinoff of The Good Wife and a revamped Star Trek series.

Moonves joined CBS in 1995 and remained there after Sumner Redstone acquired the company in 2000. He took the network from last to first place in the ratings with hits including Everybody Loves Raymond, Survivor and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In 2006, when Viacom split its businesses into two publicly traded companies, Moonves was named president and CEO of the newly formed CBS Corp. He became chairman in 2016.

Moonves has a close-knit executive cadre working for him but he is known to demand great loyalty and he has made enemies along the way. When Howard Stern jumped from CBS Radio to Sirius Satellite, Moonves sued the shock jock for $500 million, prompting Stern to go on CBS’ own Late Show wearing an “I Hate Les Moonves” shirt.

Congratulations to Tellmemore for being first with the correct response!

UPDATE!

The New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow has just been published! Here is a link. It’s a long article, but well worth a read.

UPDATE!

And… he’s OUT!

Les Moonves was fired by CBS after a follow-up piece by Ronan Farrow was published in The New Yorker this weekend.

Farrow detailed the stories of six more women. In various combinations, Moonves had sexually harassed or assaulted them, and then had threatened their careers.

We believe that brings the total to thirteen women.

Moonves was ousted shortly thereafter.

From The New Yorker:

As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Six Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims

Members of the board of the CBS Corporation are negotiating with the company’s chairman and C.E.O., Leslie Moonves, about his departure. Sources familiar with the board’s activities said the discussions about Moonves stepping down began several weeks ago, after an article published in the The New Yorker detailed allegations by six women that the media executive had sexually harassed them, and revealed complaints by dozens of others that the culture in some parts of the company tolerated sexual misconduct. Since then, the board has selected outside counsel to lead an investigation into the claims.

As the negotiations continue and shareholders and advocacy groups accuse the board of failing to hold Moonves accountable, new allegations are emerging. Six additional women are now accusing Moonves of sexual harassment or assault in incidents that took place between the nineteen-eighties and the early two-thousands. They include claims that Moonves forced them to perform oral sex on him, that he exposed himself to them without their consent, and that he used physical violence and intimidation against them. A number of the women also said that Moonves retaliated after they rebuffed him, damaging their careers. Similar frustrations about perceived inaction have prompted another woman to raise a claim of misconduct against Jeff Fager, the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” who previously reported to Moonves as the chairman of CBS News.

One of the women with allegations against Moonves, a veteran television executive named Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb, told me that she filed a criminal complaint late last year with the Los Angeles Police Department, accusing Moonves of physically restraining her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him, and of exposing himself to her and violently throwing her against a wall in later incidents. The two worked together in the late nineteen-eighties. Law-enforcement sources told me that they found Golden-Gottlieb’s allegations credible and consistent but prosecutors declined to pursue charges because the statutes of limitations for the crimes had expired. Early this year, Moonves informed a portion of the CBS board about the criminal investigation.

The terms of Moonves’s potential departure have yet to be settled. Last week, news reports had circulated that he might leave with an exit package of nearly a hundred million dollars. Several of the women expressed outrage that Moonves might be enriched by his departure from the company. Jessica Pallingston, a writer, alleges that Moonves coerced her into performing oral sex on him when she worked as his temporary assistant, in the nineties, and that, after she repelled subsequent sexual advances, he became hostile, at one point calling her a “cunt.” “It’s completely disgusting,” she said of the reports of Moonves’s potential exit package. “He should take all that money and give it to an organization that helps survivors of sexual abuse.”

In a statement, Moonves acknowledged three of the encounters, but said that they were consensual: “The appalling accusations in this article are untrue. What is true is that I had consensual relations with three of the women some 25 years ago before I came to CBS. And I have never used my position to hinder the advancement or careers of women. In my 40 years of work, I have never before heard of such disturbing accusations. I can only surmise they are surfacing now for the first time, decades later, as part of a concerted effort by others to destroy my name, my reputation, and my career. Anyone who knows me knows that the person described in this article is not me.” Moonves declined to specify which three encounters he considered consensual.

In separate statements, the CBS board of directors said that it “is committed to a thorough and independent investigation of the allegations, and that investigation is actively underway,” and the CBS Corporation said it “takes these allegations very seriously,” and called the board’s investigation “thorough” and “ongoing.”

In other news, Julie Chen is taking some time off from The Talk to support her disgraced husband. You may recall that The Talk is the CBS project Moonves advanced at the network while he was CEO.

You can read the entire Ronan Farrow article here. It details the charges made by each of the six women in a very straight-forward and compelling manner. It chronicals the sad struggle that each one faced about telling or not telling others what had happened to them.

It also reveals how frightened they were when Moonves viciously retaliated against them.

Good on you, Ronan Farrow! And kudos to all the brave women who came forward!

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  1. hollywoodbore says

    February 11, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    Chris Columbus? The image reminds me of the movie ‘Rent’ which he directed.

  2. MookieMc says

    February 10, 2018 at 9:35 am

    Leslie?

    Is this you, Leslie Moonves?

    MOONves?

  3. Alllie says

    February 10, 2018 at 8:05 am

    Steven Spielberg at Disney Dreamworks studios. their logo is a boy on a moon. This is old news and Crispin Glover wrote an essay back in 2003 about SS, pretty disturbing! Corey Feldman also accused SS of abusing boys but nobody listened to him then or now. But hollywood calls woody alans daughter a liar and gives Roman Polanski the oscar and a standing ovation. #metoobutnotifyoucanmakemerichtoo bit wordy but accurate.

  4. juliettegrantham says

    February 10, 2018 at 7:47 am

    Leslie Moonves

    Clue being “moon”

  5. Weekenderbedford1 says

    February 10, 2018 at 7:40 am

    Les Moonves?

  6. tinygiraffe says

    February 10, 2018 at 6:57 am

    Les MOONves.

    Yikes, Julie better polish her resume!

  7. Gerseychick says

    February 10, 2018 at 5:57 am

    Les Moonves
    Julie Chen………………………..

  8. aaacdez says

    February 10, 2018 at 5:56 am

    Leslie Moonves
    The clue “over the moon” is a play on his last name.

  9. SouthJerseyGirl says

    February 10, 2018 at 5:22 am

    Leslie Moonves. Wife Julie Chen.

  10. 3Hearted1 says

    February 10, 2018 at 4:17 am

    Media Man: Les Moonves
    Clues: Over the Moon

  11. aaalasaa says

    February 10, 2018 at 3:25 am

    media man : simon cowell
    clues : the cow in the picture , also “their voices can be heard ” : he’s the producer of “the voice ” ..and he’s a judge in these programs so basically his job is to hear people’s voices .

  12. aaaNC916 says

    February 10, 2018 at 2:48 am

    Leslie Moonves

  13. TheLitiGator says

    February 10, 2018 at 1:13 am

    Dan Schneider — here’s hoping it’s finally time for his public takedown!

    Clues:
    Reference to 1/11/18 post on NYT’s imminent expose on bigwig at CBS, which owns Nickelodeon;
    Schneider is a Weinstein-level producer of children’s entertainment;
    for years, rumors have been piling up and growing louder that he’s a child predator who systemically grooms and targets the young actresses on his shows;
    in the ’90s, Nickelodeon had a famous bumper where the Nick Jr. Cow jumped over…

  14. trow125 says

    February 9, 2018 at 10:54 pm

    Les Moonves, but I’ve been hearing for what seems like months now that this story is coming any day now… I’m starting to wonder if it’ll ever drop.

  15. knowitallMags says

    February 9, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    Les Moonves
    “Talk is getting louder” (His wife Julie Chen is host of The Talk)
    “Over the moon” a play on Moonves

  16. Scooby Snacks says

    February 9, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Les Moonves, CBS president

  17. Baileygirl says

    February 9, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    Les Moonves
    Julie Chen
    Clues: Cow=Moo= Moonves and talk=The Talk=Chen’s show

  18. Haydes says

    February 9, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    Les Moonves
    Clues: talk – his wife, julie chen’s talk show

  19. Bonanno says

    February 9, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    Les Moonves

  20. gailpow says

    February 9, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Media Man: Les Moonves
    Clues: “Over the moon.”

  21. KatarinaJ says

    February 9, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    Les MOONves.

  22. irishiis49 says

    February 9, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    Les Moonves and Julie Chen?

  23. Grandma3 says

    February 9, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Leslie Moonves (CEO CBS corporation)

    Clues: Talk (his wife is a co-host of The Talk)
    Over the moon: part of his name

    He should be fired
    If I am correct I feel so badly for Julie Chen, how in the world will she be able to be on The Talk after this hits the media, how humiliating for her….

  24. Sleepyandconfused says

    February 9, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    Les Moonves

    Well, finally!
    Clues: cow (moo) and moon (in picture and in text)

  25. amagod121 says

    February 9, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    Les Monvales
    Clues: media man, wife not being happy about the expose
    Optional: bring the police in!

  26. aaameg says

    February 9, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    Moon=Moonves?

  27. arvi1991 says

    February 9, 2018 at 6:56 pm

    omg. for sure, this is les moonves (moon being the biggest clue). julie chen will be none too happy.

  28. GretaGuesses says

    February 9, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    Lester Moonves

    Cow on the moon: Moonves. Voices are being heard: His wife’s show is The Talk.

    I hope there’s some evidence this time, and it’s not just women making accusations a decade or four later.

  29. dimpyonce says

    February 9, 2018 at 6:23 pm

    Jay z?

  30. bluestocking says

    February 9, 2018 at 6:06 pm

    Les MOONves perhaps? Lol

  31. chiente says

    February 9, 2018 at 5:49 pm

    Spielberg?

    The artwork looks like the Amblin logo.

    The punishment depends on the crime.

  32. flygurl says

    February 9, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    Les Moonves, his name is in the title

  33. calibg21 says

    February 9, 2018 at 5:30 pm

    Les Moonves

  34. aaamaya says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    I’m guessing les moones or something Julie Chen’s husband since I’ve seen his name in the comments of these type of stories

  35. blckstbl says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:36 pm

    Leslie Moonves

  36. musesx9 says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:35 pm

    Les MOONves

  37. PlayItAgain says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    Les Moonves. Wow…

  38. lovefifteen says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    Les Moonves

    Clues: moo. Moon. Talk (his wife’s show)

  39. Musicsunlight says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    Jayz….all the predators deserve a jail sentence. Hopefully inside they will get to know how it feels to have some disgusting creature forcing you to do things against your will.

  40. jenvies says

    February 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    Les Moonves (moon)
    His wife, Julie Chen

  41. aaaldn22 says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:42 pm

    Les Moonves
    Clues: Moon, the linked Similar blind

  42. parkland45 says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:40 pm

    Les Moonves
    Over the moon
    He’ll resign. Nothing will happen. Has any of these creeps really paid for his crimes?

  43. nicknackpatti says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    Les Moonves

    Over the “Moon”.

  44. rockstar says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    Ronan Farrell is about to drop some serious dirt on someone…not sure who, but it’s being hyped in the NYT.

  45. pancakephanny says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    Les Moonves
    Clues: Moon…Moonves

  46. Tbilll says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    Les Moonves.

  47. haley1020 says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    Les mooves

  48. flower says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    Steven Spielberg

    The photo reminds me of the Dreamworks logo.

  49. gc02ef says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Leslie “Moo”nves
    His wife Julie Chen will not be happy!
    He should be fired!

  50. KCeagle says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    Les Moonves

    *clues* over the moon = Moonves

    It’s time for Les to fade away like the old misogynistic boys club standard operating procedure. Hopefully a woman will replace him and there will be more diversity in the CBS power structure. He needs to be made a prime time example of out with the old, in with the new.

  51. beachchick218 says

    February 9, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    Les Moonves….Julie Chen.

    All these power mad predators should be banished from civilization because they obviously are a threat to humans

  52. chicagofix says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Les Moonves

    Clue: over the moon

  53. charlottenc says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:45 pm

    Over the moon? Gotta be Les Moonves! Poor Julie Chen!!

  54. Catman says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    #ButFirst Les Moonves Poor Julie Chen!!! Clue: The MOON!!

  55. truebritt8 says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:43 pm

    Les MOONves
    Julie Chen

  56. bestguesstester says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:38 pm

    Les Moonves? No idea

  57. BeatYouToItMiaF says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    Les MOONves…I’m not sure why anyone would be surprised but there ya go.

  58. Booboogirl says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    Led moonves
    Over the moon

  59. redstilettos says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    Les MOONves

  60. goodgossip says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Media man: Leslie Moonves
    Clues: Talk (The Talk morning show hosted by Julie Chen, and Moon from Leslie (Moon)ves, CEO of CBS.

  61. Ellis Bell says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    Media Man: Les MOOOOOnves

    Clues: Cow = Moon. The quarter moon looks a bit like part of the CBS eye. His wife’s CBS career is toast when he is forced to resign.

    [Optional] What do you think should/will happen to him? Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. If there are current “transgressions” I would hope the women have evidence so as to have him charged and tried in a court of law.

  62. mssnarnd says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    Media Man: Les Moonves

    Wife: Julie Chan from THE TALK and BIG BROTHER

  63. aaaboop says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    Moonves
    Uh the moon

  64. Annielaurie says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    Les Moonves

    Over the moon

  65. EastlakeGirl says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:42 pm

    At first I thought Les Moonves, but the moon in the picture reminds me of the DreamWorks logo. I’m going with Steven Spielberg.

  66. NahnCee says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Les Moonves. Married to Julie Chen. Which just started with a big PR push for Celebrity Big Brother.

    Dunno what will happen to him. He may have hit retirement age.

  67. Kingofboggle says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    Les Moonvies
    Ummm… the MOON!

  68. Mr Jaws says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    Les MOONves his wife Julie Chen

  69. cheezhead says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:16 pm

    CBS Leslie moonves
    The talk his wife’s show, Julie Chen
    Fired. Her too, hopefully she’s awful

  70. slappyjr69 says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:13 pm

    Les Moonves

  71. mystic1 says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:10 pm

    Leslie Moonves. Clue: cow jumping over the moon.

  72. jolael says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:10 pm

    Les Moonves
    Over the moon, media man, married, talk

  73. Marvella says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    Lester Moonves at CBS.
    Clues: Moon of course.
    I think that we should listen to the stories with an open mind. It seems as if every male in Hollywood is going to be accused before this entire #metoo movement is over.
    The interesting thing is going to be seeing Julie Chen, who comes off so holier than thou, reacting to this. I don’t know how she’s going to stand by her man without appearing to be a total fool.

  74. RadiantA says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm

    Oh jeez, is this Leslie Moonves? The only clue I picked up was “moon” and the CBS link.

    • RadiantA says

      February 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm

      Er, clues rather.

  75. IAmSage says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    Media Man: Les MOONves

  76. janemare says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:55 pm

    Les Moonves, over the moon being the clue.

    • janemare says

      February 9, 2018 at 12:58 pm

      Another clue, voices being heard, the wife Julie Chen is on the talk.

  77. brobdingnagian says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    Les Moonves

    Clues: moon in picture, over the moon phrase and “talk” for wife Julie Chen show The Talk.

    He should be forced to be a cast member on his wife’s other show Celebrity Big Brother. That’ll be a fate worse than death!

  78. badgerette85 says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    Les Moonves
    Media
    moon

  79. Spatchmo says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:42 pm

    Steven Spielberg? The logo for Amblin Entertainment is the scene from E.T. with the bike silhouette over the moon.

  80. pixiehollow says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    Leslie moonves president of CBS

    Moon

  81. sabrina325 says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:34 pm

    Rupert Murdoch?

  82. boyjack4 says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    Oh I so hope this isn’t Steven Spielberg’s.
    The picture is like his DreamWorks logo

  83. buttersmom says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    Les “Moon”vies

    “moon” “media man”

  84. viola45 says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    Les Moonves

    Clues: over the moon

  85. tellmemore says

    February 9, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    Oh wow, this narrows it down considerably – Les Moonves whose wife is Julie Chen. Apparently all of her success is based on him being the head of the network.

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