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60 Minutes Jeff Fager leaving CBS after reports of inappropriate behavior

September 12, 2018 at 03:22 pm EDT

(Reuters) - The executive producer of the CBS television program "60 Minutes," Jeff Fager, is leaving CBS News, according to a company memo on Wednesday, amid reports of inappropriate behavior.

The two-paragraph internal memo from CBS News president David Rhodes, which was seen by Reuters, said that Fager's departure "is not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports, which continue to be investigated independently."

CBS Corp Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves resigned on Sunday amid a new wave of allegations against him of sexual assault and harassment uncovered in two New Yorker stories in the past two months.

In the New Yorker report, Fager is accused of inappropriate touching and of tolerating an abusive culture.

CBS said on Monday that it would pay $120 million to former Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves if an internal investigation into allegations of harassment fails to provide grounds for his dismissal.

Rhodes said Fager violated company policy but did not specify the policy.

In a statement to CBS News, Fager said his contract was terminated "for a harsh text I sent to a CBS employee."

Fager did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Kenneth Li; editing by Clive McKeef)

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Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves is a businessperson who has been the head of 13 different companies. He holds the position of Chairman for CBS Global Distribution Group, Chairman at CBS Radio, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of CBS Operations, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at CBS Broadcasting, Inc. He is also on the board of 6 other companies. Mr. Moonves previously held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of ViacomCBS, Inc. Chief Executive Officer of CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Co-President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at Viacom, Inc. and President at CBS Entertainment Services, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of ViacomCBS, Inc.), Chairman at OUTFRONT Media, Inc., President at Hollywood Radio & Television Society, President for Lorimar Telepictures Corp., President at Warner Bros. Television Production, Inc., Vice President-Movies at Twentieth Century Fox International Television, Inc. and Co-Chairman-Governors Board at The Paley Center for Media. Leslie Moonves received an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University.

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