Exclusive | CBS to pay sacked exec nearly $10 million after caving to woke mob: suit

CBS must pay nearly $10 million to an executive accused of racist, sexist comments after caving to a “woke mob” and firing him before an investigation into his conduct was complete, according to an arbitration appeals panel and his attorney.The appeals panel confirmed last week that CBS made a multimillion-dollar mistake when it tried to rewrite the terms of termination months after sacking former president of CBS Television Stations Peter Dunn, which would have stripped him of back pay and stock payouts. “This was never about Peter’s conduct — it was to appease the woke mob,” his lawyer Larry Hutcher told The Post.“It was like the Red Scare, and it was very shortsighted and unfair.”A CBS spokesperson told The Post that a “procedural issue” led to the arbitration ruling in his favor, and that it “strongly disagree[s]” with the decision.“Four years ago, we removed Peter Dunn as head of the CBS Television Stations for reasons that have been well documented and reported publicly,” the spokesperson said.

“This decision was not based on the substance of the allegations against Mr.Dunn.”The media company has had numerous shakeups and high-profile departures recently as it tries to appease Trump administration officials who need to sign off on a merger proposal.The Dunn drama began in 2021, when an article in the Los Angeles Times accused the longtime executive of fostering a hostile work environment.One former employee claimed Dunn had made “racist, sexist, homophobic and discriminatory comments,” including calling a black evening anchor at a local affiliate in Philadelphia “a jive guy.”A former news director also claimed Dunn called another anchor “too gay.”CBS immediately suspended Dunn, who worked at the network for 20 years, and another executive named in the report, and began an internal investigation.But then CBS fired Dunn before it finished the investigation, but did not list the reason for the sacking as “for-cau...