Next to be Hit By #MeToo Allegations? CBS CEO Les Moonves

The New Yorker piece by Rowan Farrow hasn't been published yet, but other outlets have heard bits and pieces of what's coming. The allegations concern "unwanted kissing," from 20 years ago, as well as "numerous other" more recent claims.

This seems pretty tame compared to the other hits, but we'll have to wait for the details.

The allegations are said in part to involve instances of unwanted kissing and touching that occurred more than 20 years ago, as well as numerous claims that occurred more recently.

There's a difference between an unwanted French kiss, like Democrat Al Franken forced on an actress who had already said "No," and a peck; the latter may be unwanted and make someone feel gross, but it's not really an "assault." Well technically it is but most wouldn't call it that.

It could be that this is being leaked by Les Moonves' team to both get ahead of the story and to try to make it seem less than what it is, which would explain why the early details ("unwanted kissing," "twenty years ago") seem like such a small thing.

We'll have to see what is actually being claimed in the article, and whether those claimants seem credible.

posted by Ace of Spades at 01:43 PM

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