On Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM radio show, 
host Howard Stern embarked on a 45 minute rant about CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. 
Moonves has recently faced allegations of sexual misconduct 
from six women in a recent New Yorker exposé and Stern referenced 
his own ill feelings about the executive as he discussed the scandal. 
According to Stern, who has made it known that he isn't a fan 
of Moonves for nearly two decades, "Les tried to ruin my life.” 
Twelve years ago, CBS filed a $500 million lawsuit against Stern, 
claiming he had breached his contract with CBS by failing 
to disclose the details of his new deal with Sirius while still 
employed at CBS Radio and that Stern had 
promoted his new gig while still on the air at CBS.
Stern elaborated on the details of  the lawsuit on his Monday show saying, 
"I had done a pretty good job for these guys, 
kept their stations afloat, quite frankly, and made
them a lot of money, and it was a nice way to end.” 
Stern said that his goodbyes to Moonves and the other execs 
were pleasant but then once he got to Sirius, he was "socked" with the lawsuit. 
"How do you defend against a corporation?” Stern asked. 
“You know they have endless money to f—- with you with lawyers. 
I was so panicked because this is scary. ... I knew this was just 
some sort of bad, like, 'We're going to f—- with you because 
you're leaving us.' It's like a stalker who says, 'You know what? 
You left me, we broke up, but I'm going to f—-  your life up.' 
And I didn't do jack s—- to Les Moonves, except 
make him money, and I was pissed and upset and scared."
The lawsuit was settled in May 2006, with Sirius paying 
$2 million and Stern getting control of the master
tapes from his time at CBS. Other terms of the suit were not disclosed.
Years later, Stern said, he was at an event in Mexico 
where Moonves and a bunch of other Hollywood execs were present. 
While Stern kept things cordial, he kept thinking in the back of his mind: 
"It's hard to forget that you tried to wreck me for no reason."
Also, on Monday, Stern played a clip from his own show in 2001 
in which he called Moonves a "snake" repeatedly 
and said "no one should ever do business with him."
And in March 2006, he appeared on CBS' ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ 
wearing a T-shirt featuring a photo of 
Moonves and wife Julie Chen that read "I Hate Les Moonves."
The radio host also hinted he had damaging information 
that he was planning to release if the lawsuit had dragged on, 
but Moonves "was like France. He gave right up. 
Welcomed the Nazis right in. The war was over...
This guy caved like there was no caving ever in the history of show business."
Stern said he was able to "drop my anger" 
given that he got control of his own recordings.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to CBS for comment.
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For The Hollywood Reporter News, I’m Lyndsey Rodrigues. 
