Recording Academy: 'Our loyalty will always be to the 21,000 members of the Recording Industry. We regret that Music’s Biggest Night is being stolen from them by Ms. Dugan's actions and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible'
Deborah Dugan on Tuesday filed an explosive sexual harassment and discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences after being placed on administrative leave amid allegations of workplace bullying — and, in it, she also claims the Academy's board manipulates the Grammy nomination process.it hired two independent third-party investigators to look into concerns that had been raised to its board of trustees.
The email also complained of "egregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by Board members and voting irregularities with respect to nominations for Grammy Awards," according to the complaint, which describes the Academy as "a 'boys’ club' network where men work together to the disadvantage of women and disenfranchised groups in order to line their own pockets and maintain a firm grip of control on the Academy’s dealings.
Dugan alleges the board pushes "artists with whom they have relationships" — sometimes even adding in artists who didn't make the top 20 — lets artists who are in consideration for a nomination to sit on the committee that votes for their category and manipulates the process to ensure certain songs are nominated if Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich wants them performed during the show.
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