Illeana Douglas Steps Forward

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🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The day after The New Yorker published Ronan Farrow’s exposé about Harvey Weinstein, Farrow got a phone call from the actress and screenwriter Illeana Douglas. She wanted to talk about Leslie Moonves, who was then the head of CBS and one of the most powerful men in the media industry. Douglas went on the record in a story by Farrow, describing an assault by Moonves in the nineteen-nineties and the repercussions to her career after she refused him. “I got warnings about the casting couch, but I didn’t perceive this as the casting couch,” Douglas tells David Remnick. Moonves “was a man who I admired, and respected, and who had gained my trust. And now he was on top of me.” On September 9th, The New Yorker published a follow-up story by Farrow, describing new accusations. Three hours later, Moonves stepped down from his position at CBS. He has not, however, admitted any wrongdoing and has denied engaging in any non-consensual sex or any form of retaliation.

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1:18.6	Ileana Douglas, one of several women in Hollywood who have come forward with accusations of sexual
1:24.6	misconduct against Les Moonvez, the former head of CBS.
1:32.6	The day after the New Yorker published Ronan Farrow's first story about Harvey Weinstein,
1:37.7	alleging sexual misconduct and far worse by the movie executive, Ronan got a phone call.
1:43.6	It came from the actress and screenwriter
1:45.4	Ileana Douglas, and she said to Ronan, we've got to talk about less Moonvese. Douglas wanted to
1:52.1	tell him, frankly, and on the record, about her experiences with Moonvez, who was then the head of
1:57.6	CBS and definitely one of the most powerful men in media.
2:07.3	She became a leading source in Ronan's first story about Moonvez, and a week ago, we published a second piece. Together, those two articles contain accounts from a dozen women, alleging
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