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[Naughty Gossip] Ronan Farrow and The New York Times are both working on a MASSIVE new sexual abuser story!

They are both calling sources and employees at CBS to break the story on one of the biggest names.

The person they are investigating is as big as Harvey Weinstein!

This is going to shock the industry!!!

BG Note: CBS is a huge company, so this blind item could involve someone from any number of companies, including Viacom, Nickelodeon, The CW, CBS Television, CBS Radio, CBS Sports, Paramount Television, Simon & Schuster, or Showtime. 

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Abuser:

[Optional] Did you know that CBS once owned The New York Yankees?

SOLVED!

Abuser: Les Moonves, CEO of CBS.

Les Moonves, CEO of CBS, is going down in a heap of scandal!

Moonves is being accused of having harassed female employees for decades.

See His Victims Will Be Over The Moon for all the details.

Les Moonves doesn’t just work for CBS. He runs CBS. Moonves is worth over $300 million, so he should be able to pay his legal bills.

Moonves’ wife, Julie Chen, works for CBS on multiple TV shows, including The Talk and Big Brother.

While multiple outlets began researching the story early this year, Ronan Farrow is publishing his story first in The New Yorker. That story will be out today. The New York Times piece likely won’t be far behind.

Congratulations to Nacholibre for being first with the correct response!

Related: His Victims Will Be Over The Moon

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  7. saucykitty says

    I know he doesn’t work there anymore, but PLEASE NOT DAN RATHER.

    That’s all I got. I don’t watch network television, per se, so I’m not even sure who all is on CBS now.

  8. More_Cowbell says

    The “similar” is about a talk show host. I’m going to guess it’s Letterman, since the blind item doesn’t say he still works there.

  11. KCeagle says

    Leslie Moonves ?
    – or –
    Sumner Redstone – probably not him, he’s older than Egypt, yet just as powerful

    Omg… this is going to be a shock bomb of seismic proportion whoever it is. Sorry, but time’s up. btw, I didn’t know they owned the Yankees.

    • Jaqaranda says

      It’s been 12 years since he left CBS. This sounds like it’s about someone who currently works there.

  19. aaaFan88 says

    Nickelodeon I’d Dan Schneider, he needs to be exposed, but that is a lot of networks so I’m not sure.

    No I didn’t, I need to brush up on my history

    • Deusex says

      CBS and Viacom are different companies.

      Unlike Harvey not sure there have ever been rumors about Moonves but it could be someone from news, gameshows, talkshows, or CBS dramas so a wide slate to draw from.

      Dan’s day must come although it’s possible those who he has ‘helped’ don’t want to complain.

  28. fotobandi says

    Based on the word MASSIVE and that the “person is as [BIG] as Harvey Weinstein”, I’m gonna say Robert Bakish, Viacom CEO. Who I didn’t know existed until I googled “large person at Viacom”. He is massive and as “big” as Harvey! Literally

  33. totskie says

    Please tell me this is Dan Schneider the pedophile producer from Nickelodeon. That monster has to be jailed!

    I just hope Stephen Colbert is clean, it would break my heart if he turned out to be scum.

  36. amagod121 says

    Abuser: My guess (and ONLY an uneducated guess) is Les Moonves (CEO, Chairman.)

    Nope, surely didn’t. Should have held onto that franchise!

  37. drunkenmummy says

    As much as I hate to say this, Bob Iger, based solely on how I’m interpreting the blind. Very large company that isn’t already listed in the blind, sports reference brings to mind ESPN, which is owned by Disney.

    I’d really like it to be wrong, though.

    • lovefifteen says

      I have good news for you. You’re wrong! This is about someone at a company owned by CBS, not Disney.

  52. Gossimer says

    I’m not totally sure but I’m hoping it’s Dan Schneider. Nickelodeon is mentioned in the article, and he deserves to be taken down. Could be any number of people though, the entire industry is riddled with creeps.

  53. sfgirl42 says

    He is not working there now, but David Letterman? There were accusations of sexual harassment in 2009 – so maybe there is a lot more there . . . however, I can’t say it would be particularly shocking.

  55. 5klp471 says

    Steven Colbert? James Corden? I have a hard time believing either one. I’d be a lot happier if this were Andy Rooney.

  58. Maxman says

    David Letterman?

    The related item is about late night talk show hosts, and Letterman was based in NY (NY Yankees). Plus, there was that extortion attempt many years ago.

  68. MikeInSanJose says

    Could this be the bombshell that finally takes down Dan Schneider (accused predatory Nickleodeon producer – who producer iCarly, among others).

    Keep an ‘i’ Out!!

    • radishreindeer says

      Was thinking/hoping the same thing. “… as big as Harvey Weinstein.” Big as in girth?

  71. caela94 says

    Don’t see it as a performer so that leaves out Colbert, Letterman or sheen. Their power is equal to Weistein. I think its whoever heads sports division.

  73. vanishingpoint says

    “As big as harvey weinstein” refers to his status and physical size = Dan Schneider indeed.

  75. itstarapagain says

    Love Ronan. He’s a genius. Yale Law at 16. Rhodes Scholar, humanitarian awards, etc. I believe he would at least be nominated for a Pulitzer if not outright win for this series.
    Plus he appears to be fearless. If he’s exposing what we think he’s exposing, his safety may be at risk. I wish him great success. He’s the kind of person we need. And the Times willing to publish while NBC wussed out.

  76. junkxmas says

    Dan Schneider. Clue – he’s as “big” as Harvey Weinstein, referring to actual body size.

  80. blindblond says

    Howard Stern (once employed by CBS Radio)
    Clue: “shocking” – Stern often referred to as a shock jock
    Ironically this blind is posted on Jan 12, Howard’s birthday

  81. IAmSage says

    I’m going to go with Dan Schneider as well.
    If I’m reading the blind’s “clues” correctly, it’s someone who “…is as big as Harvey Weinstein” (Dan Schneider is big in size, as well as big/well-known in the industry).
    Also, the Optional question (“Did you know that CBS once owned The New York Yankees?”) – I believe is a clue as well, as there was a pitcher on the Yankees in the 1960’s by the name of Dan Schneider.

  84. Bheasa1 says

    Dan Schneider. I feel the clues are alluding to someone big in size as well as being big in terms of authority. Also, as someone else mentioned, the eye for ‘i’ Carly?

  85. Somebody says

    The blind specifically states, The person they are investigating is as big as Harvey Weinstein!” I think that is a direct reference to the person’s physical size, and because Ace made it a point to mention all the companies under the CBS umbrella, this screams Dan Schneider. I wonder if he has a clue that his time is up.

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