The Los Angeles Ethics Commission has rejected a proposed settlement by the city with Les Moonves, the former president and CEO of CBS.
The settlement was made public last week and the legal documents noted that Moonves agreed to pay an $11,250 fine for violating the city’s ethics code for trying to influence the LAPD.
The commission unanimously voted down the proposed settlement, so it is not clear how the case will proceed. At the same meeting, a proposed $2,500 fine for former CBS senior vice president of talent relations and special events Ian Metrose was also voted down.
The settlement found that Palka, the commanding officer of the Hollywood Division in 2017, personally gave Moonves confidential information about a sexual assault probe after a former employee filed a report against him.
Moonves has denied all allegations against him.
