Former CBS chief Les Moonves pays fine for alleged interference in LAPD investigation
Former CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves personally tried to influence a former LAPD captain, who had pledged his allegiance to Moonves.
Former CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves personally tried to influence a former LAPD captain who had pledged his allegiance to Moonves and was leaking confidential information about a criminal investigation in which Moonves had been accused of sexually assaulting a former employee, according to new legal documents made public Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.
Moonves agreed on Feb. 5 to pay a $11,250 fine for violating the city’s ethics code by “inducing” a city official to misuse his position in order to create a private advantage for Moonves.
An attorney for Moonves in New York did not immediately return a request for comment.
The former LAPD captain was Corey Palka, who, according to the ethics investigation, while serving as commanding officer of the Hollywood Division in 2017, personally provided Moonves with information about the LAPD investigation and the former Moonves employee who made the accusation.
The Ethics Commission finding said Palka met personally with Moonves on Nov. 25, 2017, at a restaurant in Westlake Village to share what should have been confidential information.
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