Embattled Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan alleges she was sexually harassed and placed on leave as 'retaliation' for raising concerns…
for raising concerns about the “boys’ club” atmosphere within the organization that hands out the Grammy awards.
The EEOC complaint also outlines Dugan’s attempts to address, in her words, “egregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by Board members and voting irregularities with respect to nominations for Grammy Awards, all made possible by the ‘boys’ club’ mentality and approach to governance at the Academy.” It is this concern that Dugan alleges is part of the reason behind her firing, refuting the Academy’s claims that a female employee alleged Ms.
The Recording Academy responded to this and the filing of the complaint with a statement of their own. It reads, “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.
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