NYT: CBS FIRED LES MOONVES WHEN THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED AND WAS TRYING TO GET HIS BLACKMAILER A JOB TO INSURE HER SILENCE.

It gets worse for Moonves: The board now takes the position that, owing to Moonves’ deception about this matter, they do not owe him the gigantic severance package (worth up to $120 million) he would otherwise be entitled to.

Related: At the Hollywood Reporter: ‘Designing Women’ Creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual.

Bill Clinton could not be reached for comment.

President-elect Bill Clinton, right, and his wife Hillary, second from right, joined Hollywood friend Harry Thomason and his wife Linda Bloodworth-Thomason at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena, Calif., November 28, 1992. The event was a surprise birthday party for Bloodworth-Thomason.  (AP Photo and caption.)