Dr. Jay Varma, former executive vice president and chief medical officer of SIGA Technologies, was terminated by the company's board of directors following leaked recordings revealing his attendance at gatherings that violated COVID-19 restrictions while he served as an advisor to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The board of directors at SIGA Technologies terminated Dr. Jay Varma effective immediately, “other than for cause,” according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Varma was the company’s executive vice president and chief medical officer, the filing says. He was also on its board of directors.
A company spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. A spokesman for Varma would not comment.The policies adopted in New York City while Varma was former mayor Bill de Blasio’s senior public health adviser, and an architect of the city’s vaccine strategy, attractedVarma acknowledged the prohibited gatherings after a conservative podcaster posted video last week of what appeared to be hidden camera recordings that showed Varma describing them.
In a previous statement released by his spokesman, Varma did not dispute the authenticity of the videos but said they were secretly recorded, “spliced, diced and taken out of context.” The spokesman would not say how they were taken out of context.In the recordings, Varma could be heard describing a “sex party” that he attended at a hotel with his wife and eight to 10 others in August 2020, and an indoor dance bash in July 2021 attended by more than 200 people.
“I served in City Hall between April 2020 — May 2021,” Varma said in the statement. “During that time, I participated in two private gatherings. I take responsibility for not using the best judgment at the time.”Bad Bunny's 'La Velita' remembers Hurricane Maria — and serves as a searing indictment
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