(Matt McClain/The Washington Post) 
 
 CBS News has settled a lawsuit filed by three women who accused Charlie Rose of sexually harassing them and asserted that the network had been “fully aware” of his behavior. A statement from CBS spokeswoman Christa Robinson said, “The matter has been resolved.” 
 
 The settlement amount is confidential, at the plaintiffs' request, Robinson said. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Court in May by Brooks Harris and Chelsea Wei, who worked with Rose at “CBS This Morning,” and Sydney McNeal, who had worked as one of his assistants at PBS. [Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls] 
 
 It alleged that Rose had made physical contact with the women, including “caressing and touching their arms, shoulders, waist and back, pulling them close to his body and kissing them on the cheek.” 
 
 According to the claim, Rose required Harris to have lunch and dinner with him, and he would place his hands on her thigh and would point at other women and call them prostitutes. According to the lawsuit, Rose referred to Wei as a “China Doll” and used an expletive while calling her an idiot in relation to a flight reservation. Rose did not respond to a request for comment sent to his email address and to that of a lawyer who had been representing him on the case.
– Dozens of women have accused Charlie Rose of sexual misconduct stretching back decades; there's now a bit of legal closure for a handful of them. A suit in New York state alleging the 76-year-old engaged in "blatant and repeated sexual harassment" of three former junior colleagues has been settled—at least the part that contends CBS News knew about his behavior, per Business Insider. A statement from CBS spokeswoman Christa Robinson notes, "The matter is resolved," though she adds that the amount awarded to Chelsea Wei, Sydney McNeal, and Katherine Brooks Harris has been kept confidential at the women's request, the Washington Post reports. Wei and Brooks Harris worked with Rose at CBS, McNeal at PBS. Among the accusations in the suit: that Rose caressed and touched parts of their bodies like their arms, shoulders, and waist and kissed them on the cheek. There was also verbal denigration, the women contend, with Rose pointing out other women and calling them prostitutes, as well as calling Wei an idiot and a "China doll," the suit alleges. While CBS may now be done with this complaint, Rose isn't yet in the clear: The women's lawyer says the part of the suit that names him directly is still in play. The Post says it has heard from 35 women in total who have accusations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior by Rose.