CBS subpoenaed over Moonves allegations

CBS Corporation says it has received a subpoena from the New York County District Attorney’s Office involving its investigation into the conduct of former CEO Leslie Moonves.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission submitted Friday, CBS Corporation said that it had received another subpoena from the New York City Commission on Human Rights and that the New York state attorney general’s office had also requested information.

CBS said the subpoenas all relate to the investigation that it launched early last month into the allegations against Moonves as well as “cultural issues at all levels of CBS.”

{mosads}Moonves was ousted from the company earlier this month following numerous allegations of sexual assault and harassment that were leveled against him. 

The New Yorker was the first to report on the allegations against Moonves.

Some CBS employees have received a “document preservation notice” telling them to not “destroy specified documents,” CBS News reported.

That request was in connection with the New York county district attorney’s subpoena as well as a request from a law firm representing a CBS stockholder.

“The DA’s subpoena relates to allegations and complaints against Leslie Moonves; any internal investigations into allegations or complaints relating to harassment, sexual harassment, or other threatening or unwelcome behavior involving Mr. Moonves or other CBS Corporation employees; agreements and documents related to certain individuals who have made allegations against Mr. Moonves that have been reported in the press; and CBS’s policies and procedures for addressing allegations of workplace harassment or discrimination,” the letter stated, according to CBS News.

CBS announced this month that former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons would take over as interim chairman following Moonves’s exit.