Former CBS executive Les Moonves to pay Los Angeles ethics fine for interference in police probe

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Former CBS executive Les Moonves to pay Los Angeles ethics fine for interference in police probe

Updated 4:20 PM EST, February 17, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former CBS chief executive and president Les Moonves has agreed to pay a $11,250 fine to settle a complaint accusing him of interfering with a police investigation of a sexual assault case, according to documents released Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.

According to the documents, Moonves acknowledged working closely with then-Capt. Cory Palka of the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017 to obtain information about a sexual assault victim’s confidential police report against him.

Palka, who had provided private security for Moonves between 2008 and 2014 at the Grammy Awards, which CBS produced, notified network officials about the complaint against the executive in November 2017, the documents show.

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

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[RockRaven]

1. Our justice system is a joke.

And just like the wealthy and powerful want it to be, so they can behave however they like and buy their way out of their misdeeds without any discomfort whatsoever.

And the dirt-bag cop? Retired with his 35-yr's worth of benes.