Shari Redstone's endgame for CBS and Viacom is clear in a new complaint [telecom]

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Combine the two and sell to the highest bidder. Verizon had flagged interest in Viacom as well as CBS, according to sources.

By Edmund Lee

The bitterest boardroom battle in recent memory has turned on a series of slights, verbal jousting and a physical altercation involving hands on a face that could determine the futures of both CBS and Viacom.

Shari Redstone, the controlling owner of CBS, has filed a complaint against the broadcaster and its chief executive Les Moonves in Delaware Chancery court, outlining her version of events in a saga that has pit the former allies against each other.