"CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell addressed the news that CEO Les Moonves had been forced to resign over the weekend at the top of the show on Monday.
O'Donnell made the same remarks she did one day after her former co-host Charlie Rose was let go by the network last year over similar accusations.
'There is no excuse for this alleged behavior," O'Donnell said. "It is systemic and it is pervasive in our culture. And this I know this is true to the core of my being: Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility."
O’Donnell continued that "I'm really proud to work here at CBS News. This has hurt morale but there are really good people that come to work every single day. As a journalist I'm confident that the truth is going to come out because this is being investigated."
Moonves confessed to engaging in sexual relations with four of the seven women whose allegations were published on Sunday, but said they were all consensual, according to the Daily Mail.
CBS Corporation announced that Moonves had been forced to resign and his $120 million severance package was on hold pending the outcome of two investigations.
O'Donnell said that she and co-host Gayle King, who was out on Monday, were shocked that 10 months after Rose's departure they were once again hearing that a man they knew so well had been accused of such abuses of power.
This "is hard for everybody at CBS News," O'Donnell said.
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