Will CBS CEO Joseph Ianniello have to take the witness stand at a trial next month and talk about Leslie Moonves and the company's problems on the 'me too' front? On Monday, CBS took steps to avoid that possibility
Set to square off against an Emmy-winning investigative reporter, CBS demands no discussion of Leslie Moonves nor any "me too" evidence.
Gillen alleges being subject to a bullying and hostile work environment. She says that CBS executives and her WFOR-TV superiors "hatched a scheme for her firing" that included giving her a story reporting quota without the resources to succeed. The first is to stop a trial subpoena for Ianniello, which Gillen has threatened to serve at the CBS chief's home.in September 2018. At the time of Ianniello's memo, CBS had hired outside law firms to look into the Moonves incident and examine the company's work culture. "[T]here is no reason to wait on reassessing our culture," Ianniello wrote employees.
CBS also brings a motion to preclude any evidence or testimony about allegations of sexual misconduct made against Moonves, the independent investigation by CBS' board of directors in 2018, and "culture issues" at the company.
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