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Longtime television host Charlie Rose.
- CBS News fired prominent journalist and television host Charlie Rose a day after several women accused Rose of unwanted sexual advances.
- The network called Rose's alleged behavior "extremely disturbing and intolerable" and said "there is absolutely nothing more important ... than ensuring a safe, professional workplace."
CBS News fired prominent journalist and television host Charlie Rose a day after several women accused Rose of unwanted sexual advances, including groping, explicit phone calls, and displays of nudity.
Eight women who either worked for Rose or interviewed for positions at the "Charlie Rose show" told The Washington Post that he engaged in lewd and inappropriate behavior between the late 1990s and 2011.
CBS, PBS, and Bloomberg all suspended Rose following the publication of the Post's report.
On Tuesday afternoon, CBS announced that it had fired Rose, who had cohosted the network's morning show, "CBS This Morning," for five years. In an internal memo sent to staffers, CBS News President David Rhodes called Rose's behavior "extremely disturbing and intolerable."
"Despite Charlie's important journalistic contribution to our news division, there is absolutely nothing more important, in this or any organization, than ensuring a safe, professional workplace," Rhodes said. "We need to be such a place."
Three other women also told Business Insider of their experiences while interning for Rose, or seeking to work for him, in 2005, 2008, and 2010. One said Rose touched her legs inappropriately as he was dropping her off at a dormitory in New York City and then on a separate occasion when she sought career advice invited her to his hotel room late in the evening.
Another says he invited her to dinner to discuss career opportunities, had her meet him at his townhouse, and greeted her at the door in a bathrobe and invited her into his home.
A third woman also says Rose greeted her at the door in a bathrobe and invited her in while she was delivering research to his apartment as an intern. She said she declined.
Rachael Levy contributed to this report.