Six women have accused CBS chairman Les Moonves of sexual harassment, in a new report published by The New Yorker .

CBS is also the parent company of Australia’s Network Ten.

Moonves, 68, is one of the highest paid people in the media industry taking home AUD$93 million in 2017.

He’s accused of sexually harassing the six women who’ve come forward to journalist Ronan Farrow, in professional settings between the 1980s and late 2000s, including by forcibly touching and kissing them.

CBS boss Les Moonves, 68 accused of sexually harrassing six women in new explosive claims by The New Yorker. Picture: AAP (AAP )

The women include Six Feet Under actress Illeana Douglas, who said Moonves fired her from a new television series in 1997 after she refused his advances, which included ‘violently kissing’ her and holding her down on a couch in his office.

Another woman, screenwriter Janet Jones said Moonves threatened to ruin her career is she revealed his attempt to kiss her as she tried to pitch a screenplay to him in early 1985.

Emmy Award winning writer of The Tracy Ullman Show Dinah Kirgo told journalist Mr Farrow, she and her sister met with Moonves in the 1980s about a TV deal.

She claims it didn’t get off the ground, because she refused to go out for dinner with him.

“You’re very expensive, I need to know you’re worth it,” Mr Moonves is accused of saying to her.

“It was very insidious, what he did, Ms Kirgo said.

Six Feet Under Actress Illeana Douglas claims Mr Moonves fired her from a TV series in 1997 after she refused his advances. Picture: AAP (aap)

All the women said they believed their careers have been harmed because they spurned his advances.

In a statement to the New Yorker, Moonves said he recognised "that there were times decades ago when I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances.

“Those were mistakes, and I regret them immensely. But I always understood and respected-and abided by the principle-that 'no' means 'no,' and I have never misused my position to harm or hinder anyone's career."

Moonves' wife, CBS presenter Julie Chen, also issued a statement in support of her husband.

"I have known my husband, Leslie Moonves, since the late '90s, and I have been married to him for almost 14 years," she wrote on Twitter.

Mr Moonves's wife CBS presenter Julie Chen is supporting him in light of the claims. Picture: AAP (AAP )

"Leslie is a good man and a loving father, devoted husband and inspiring corporate leader. He has always been a kind, decent and moral human being. I fully support my husband and stand behind him and his statement."