Charlie Rose: How CBS & PBS Covered Up For Sex Creep

Charlie Rose carried on his sleazy jekyll-and-hyde sexual antics for years, making the longtime host's shameful shenanigans the worst kept secret in the news biz!

The National ENQUIRER has learned Rose’s bosses at both CBS and PBS — eager to protect their investment — kept a tight lid on the award-winning, hottie hob-nobbing (here with tennis star Maria Sharapova) journalist’s pervy behavior!

Both networks fired Rose, shown here with PGA Champ Jimmy Walker in 2016, after eight female employees of his production company claimed he'd sexually harassed them.

But his alleged offenses date back to the late 1990s — and during that time, CBS and PBS shelled out more than $100 million to keep Rose — here greeting Lena Dunham at an event — on the air! “Clearly there has been common knowledge at the networks for years," noted a TV insider. "And no one had a problem until this week?”

In a national magazine story titled “Toxic Bachelors” in 2007, a pal referred to Rose — here at an event with skier Lindsey Vonn — as a “straight-up horndog” who surrounded himself with “attractive female producers” known as “Charlie’s Angels.”

Even his “CBS This Morning” co-host, Norah O’Donnell, alluded to his womanizing ways at a 2014 fundraiser. “We’re all here because with Charlie Rose, one woman is never enough,” Norah quipped.

On Nov. 20 allegations against Rose, whose heart problems sidelined him earlier this year, became public. The next day both CBS and PBS pink-slipped their star (here with Harvey Weinstein accuser Ashley Judd). Even Norah was quick to throw dirt on his grave.

“There is no excuse for this alleged behavior!” she declared. “That’s how TV works,” said our source. “Once the truth was out, those who protected him became his biggest critics.”