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Lawyers hired by CBS are about to submit a report to the board of directors concluding that former CEO Leslie Moonves allegedly harassed more women than previously known, dating back more than two decades, 'The New York Times' reported late Tuesday.

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00:00The New York Times reported Tuesday that lawyers hired by CBS are about to submit a

00:04report to the board of directors, concluding that former CEO Leslie Munvez allegedly harassed

00:08more women than previously known, dating back more than two decades. According to the Times,

00:13which said it obtained a copy of the report ahead of its official release to CBS board members,

00:18Munvez then tried to conceal evidence of his behavior from a team of investigators who were

00:22hired to discover the truth. The investigation was initiated after Munvez stepped down on

00:27September 9 in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Now, in addition to the

00:31disgraced mogul's ruined reputation, his severance package worth $120 million hangs in the balance.

00:38The report by lawyers hired by the network says the company has justification

00:42to deny Mr. Munvez his $120 million severance, the Times reported.

00:46The Times relays that the report says that Munvez engaged in multiple acts of serious,

00:50non-consensual sexual misconduct in and outside of the workplace,

00:54both before and after he came to CBS in 1995. Those who prepared the report wrote that when

00:59interviewing Munvez, he was evasive and untruthful at times, and he deliberately lied about and

01:04minimized the extent of his sexual misconduct. Investigators also said they received multiple

01:09reports about a network employee who was on call to perform oral sex on Munvez, the Times reported.

01:14A number of employees were aware of this and believed that the woman was protected from

01:18discipline or termination as a result of it, the lawyers wrote in their report.

01:22Munvez admitted to receiving oral sex from the woman, his subordinate, in his office,

01:27but described it as consensual. CBS declared to comment.

01:31Meanwhile, yet another accuser has come forward with allegations of being harassed by Munvez.

01:35June Seely Kimmel tells THR's Kim Masters that she pitched a movie idea to Munvez in 1985

01:41when he was the head of development at 20th Century Fox. Kimmel recalls, he said,

01:45We are going to make this movie. He came over and hugged me. I thought he was just being genuine.

01:49And he held me super close and proceeded to stick his tongue down my throat.

01:53It was revolting. He didn't even kiss me, just the tongue down the throat.

01:57The writer explains that after turning down Munvez's advances, she never heard from him again,

02:01and her film was never made. Kimmel has shared her story with the lawyers tasked with the CBS

02:05investigation. Kimmel's allegations followed those of actress Bobbie Phillips, who claimed that while

02:10Munvez was president of Warner Bros. TV in the 1990s, he met with her in his office

02:15and promised her parts on TV shows if she would be his girlfriend.

02:18Twenty years later, Munvez grew concerned that the actress would speak to New Yorker journalist

02:22Ronan Farrow and called Peter Golden, his casting director at CBS, and asked him to find her a part.

02:28Golden says that Munvez's request did not seem any different from other casting queries he has

02:33received from colleagues and has told The Hollywood Reporter that he did not know the casting was

02:37intended for the purpose of assuring Phillips' silence, as reported in The Times.

02:42To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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