Deborah Dugan has gone from leading the Recording Academy to being a whistleblower. Here's why those watching — or not watching — this year's Grammys may be more consequential than any judge
Just how many people will tune into CBS on Sunday to watch the Grammy Awards? The question carries extra weight this year thanks to a bombshell complaint filed on Tuesday by Deborah Dugan, the suspended chief of the Recording Academy.Dugan alleges
she was sexually harassed by general counsel Joel Katz, one of the music industry's most powerful attorneys. She claims the Recording Academy — the 62-year-old organization that runs the Grammys — wished to hire her predecessor Neil Portnow as a consultant for $750,000 despite not having his prior contract renewed after allegedly raping a female recording artist.
It's possible that the 20 million-or-so viewers of the Grammys won't care about any of this. After all, the A-list performances on the telecast have become the star attraction. If potential viewersaware of the scandal , they might also believe the emphatic denials of Portnow, Katz and others at the Recording Academy who insinuate that Dugan — a lawyer and former chief of Red, the nonprofit group co-founded by Bono of U2 — is in the midst of an extortion campaign.
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