LONGTIME CBS BOSS MOONVES DEPARTS AMID NEW SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

Leslie Moonves, the powerful longtime chief executive of CBS, resigned Sunday night after sexual assault allegations by at least a dozen women, concluding a stunning fall for one of the nation’s top executives.

The news comes after weeks of negotiation about a potential settlement between Moonves and the CBS board.

Moonves had seemed bulletproof as of just six weeks ago, regarded as one of the entertainment world’s most sterling executives. But sexual-misconduct allegations by six women in the New Yorker in July led to the board hiring outside lawyers to investigate Moonves and to activists calling for his removal. An additional six women alleged behaviour that includes sexual misconduct, harassment and retaliation on the magazine’s website on Sunday.