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Howard Stern went on a 45-minute rant about CBS CEO Les Moonves on Monday's episode of his SiriusXM radio show.

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00:00On Monday's episode of his Sirius XM radio show, host Howard Stern embarked on a 45-minute

00:05rant about CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. Moonves has recently faced allegations of sexual

00:10misconduct from six women in a New Yorker expose, and Stern referenced his own ill

00:14feelings about the executive as he discussed the scandal. According to Stern, who has

00:18made it known that he is not a fan of Moonves for nearly two decades, Les tried to ruin

00:23my life. Twelve years ago, CBS filed a $500 million lawsuit against Stern claiming he had

00:28breached his contract with CBS by failing to disclose the details of his new deal with

00:32Sirius while still employed at CBS radio, and that Stern had promoted his new gig while still

00:37on the air at CBS. Stern elaborated on the details of the lawsuit on his Monday show, saying,

00:42I had done a pretty good job for these guys, kept their stations afloat, quite frankly,

00:46and made them a lot of money, and it was a nice way to end. Stern said that his goodbyes to

00:50Moonves and the other execs were pleasant, but then once he got to Sirius, he was socked

00:55with the lawsuit.

01:18The lawsuit was settled in May 2006, with Sirius paying $2 million and Stern getting control of the

01:23master tapes from his time at CBS. Other terms of the suit were not disclosed.

01:27Years later, Stern said he was at an event in Mexico when Moonves and a bunch of other

01:31Hollywood execs were present. While Stern kept things cordial, he kept thinking in the back of

01:35his mind, it's hard to forget that you tried to wreck me for no reason.

01:39Also on Monday, Stern played a clip from his own show in 2001 in which he called Moonves a

01:43snake repeatedly and said no one should ever do business with him. And in March 2006, he appeared on

01:49CBS' Late Show with David Letterman wearing a t-shirt featuring a photo of Moonves and wife

01:54Julie Chen that read,

01:55"'I hate Les Moonves.'"

01:57The radio host also hinted he had damaging information that he was planning to release

02:01if the lawsuit had dragged on, but Moonves was like France.

02:05He gave right up, welcomed the Nazis right in. The war was over. This guy caved like there was

02:10no caving ever in the history of show business.

02:12Stern said he was able to,

02:14"'Drop my anger' given that he got control of his own recordings."

02:18The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to CBS for comment. To read more on this story,

02:22head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.