Deborah Dugan claims she was placed on administrative leave in retaliation for sending a memo to human resources outlining concerns about the organization, including alleged sexual harassment, voting irregularities and other issues.
"The complaint that we filed today against the [academy] highlights tactics reminiscent of those deployed by individuals defending Harvey Weinstein," the lawyers, Douglas H. Wigdor and Michael J. Willemin, said in the statement."As we allege, the attempt by the Recording Academy to impugn the character of Deborah Dugan is a transparent effort to shift the focus away from its unlawful activity.
The academy's board of trustees has retained two independent third-party investigators to look into the misconduct allegation, according to a statement released last week. In a statement, the Recording Academy said in part: “It is curious that Ms. Dugan never raised these grave allegations until a week after legal claims were made against her personally by a female employee who alleged Ms. Dugan had created a ‘toxic and intolerable’ work environment and engaged in ‘abusive and bullying conduct’. When Ms. Dugan did raise her ‘concerns’ to HR, she specifically instructed HR ‘not to take any action’ in response.
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