Former CBS Executive Les Moonves to Pay Los Angeles Ethics Fine for Interference in Police Probe

Former CBS Executive Les Moonves to Pay Los Angeles Ethics Fine for Interference in Police Probe
CBS president Leslie Moonves attends the CBS Network 2015 Programming Upfront at The Tent at Lincoln Center in New York on May 13, 2015. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
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LOS ANGELES—Former CBS chief executive and president Les Moonves has agreed to pay a $11,250 fine to settle a complaint accusing him of interfering with a police investigation of a sexual assault case, according to documents released Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.

According to the documents, Mr. Moonves acknowledged working closely with then-Capt. Cory Palka of the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017 to obtain information about a sexual assault victim’s confidential police report against him.