Ousted Recording Academy CEO/president Deborah Dugan’s attorneys are calling for her to be reinstated
Ousted Recording Academy CEO/president Deborah Dugan’s attorneys are calling for her to be reinstated and for board chair Harvey Mason to step down if the organization is serious about reform. to the Academy’s 25,000 members Sunday morning, in which he stressed that change was needed and bullet-pointed specific directions that the Academy was taking.
The statement from Dugan’s attorneys is just the latest volley in an increasing ugly battle between Dugan and the Academy that started Jan. 16 when the Academy announced the organization’s board has placed Dugan, who started Aug. 1, on administrative leave after accusing her of misconduct toward a female staffer.
On Thursday , the Tchen-led Task Force issued its own blistering statement calling for the organization to “immediately commit themselves to real reform, take concrete steps to implement all of the Task Force reforms, and transparently and regularly report on their progress -- including transparently reporting on the pending investigations they have announced are underway.”
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