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Actress Accuses Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves of 1995 s**ual Assault and Cover Up in New Report

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Actress Accuses Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves of 1995 s**ual Assault and Cover Up in New Report

Bobbie Phillips, a well-known actress, is the latest addition to the growing list of women who have accused former CBS CEO Les Moonves of s**ual misconduct.

According to a new report published in The New York Times on Wednesday, Phillips claims that Moonves forced her to perform oral s** on him during a meeting in his office in 1995.

The report alleges that Moonves conspired with Phillips’ talent manager, Marv Dauer, to keep her quiet by offering her a guest role on one of CBS’s new series as investigations into his alleged behavior began.

Phillips has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including The Watcher, The X-Files, Boy Meets World, and Showgirls.

Phillips stated that she only felt ready to come forward after The New Yorker published its first report about Moonves’ accusers in July.

She said, “The moment I read that there were other women he had victimized, the light bulb went off.

I realized I had been manipulated beyond words and that his outreach to me was phony, an attempt to silence me.

This all caused me incredible pain, both physical and emotional, as I had to grapple with the fact that I had allowed the same monster to victimize me twice, in the 1990s and once again some 20 years later.”

CBS declined to comment while Moonves’ representatives did not immediately respond to the allegations.

However, Moonves did tell the Times, “I strongly believe that the s**ual encounter with Ms. Phillips more than 20 years ago was consensual.”

In March 1995, when Phillips was in her late 20s and Moonves was the president of Warner Bros. Television, she met him in his office in Burbank, California.

She claims that Moonves exposed his erect p-nis to her, grabbed her by the neck, pushed her to the ground, and forced it into her mouth.

Phillips further stated, “‘Be my girlfriend and I’ll put you on any show.’” He only stopped when he got a phone call.

Dauer allegedly told The Times that Moonves contacted him about the s**ual misconduct allegations that were brewing against him.

“I think I’ll be O.K., But if Bobbie talks, I’m done,” Moonves allegedly wrote to Dauer in text messages obtained by the Times.

The two allegedly discussed getting Phillips a role to “keep her happy,” with Dauer telling Moonves repeatedly that he had received calls from reporters about Moonves’ alleged misconduct but was remaining quiet.

When Dauer contacted Phillips saying that Moonves was interested in working with her, she initially considered forgiveness.

However, when she heard that Moonves had denied s**ually assaulting her to Dauer, her feelings began to change.

Ultimately, Phillips twice turned down an offer for a day’s work on CBS’s upcoming series Blood and Treasure, despite the offer increasing from $1,500 to $5,000 a day.

Moonves resigned as CEO of CBS in September after several exposés were published.

However, he has continued to claim that all s**ual encounters between him and his alleged victims were consensual.

A $120 million severance payout is still being negotiated between Moonves and CBS, with his offering of a role to Phillips through Dauer being a key factor in determining whether CBS will withhold his money.

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