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Les Moonves Will Get $120M From CBS—but Only if Probe Clears Him

WITH AN ASTERISK

Severance deal depending on results of internal investigation due Jan. 31, 2019.

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CBS announced Monday that it could pay disgraced ex-Chief Executive Leslie Moonves as much as $120 million in severance—depending on the results of an internal investigation into his alleged misconduct.

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