The San Antonio Philharmonic filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two former board members alleging breach of duty. Then came a counter lawsuit.
The San Antonio Philharmonic filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Bexar County District Court against David Wood and Peter Rubins, board members untilOn Wednesday, Wood and former board chair Ian Thompson III filed a lawsuit against Philharmonic Executive Director Roberto Treviño and acting board chair Jesse Borrego.
Holt, speaking on behalf of Wood regarding the philharmonic’s lawsuit, said, “We are saddened and disappointed that the executive director, rather than sit down with us and work something out, as we repeatedly offered to do, decided to file this ridiculous lawsuit, and we look forward to explaining it all to a judge.
The “coup” described in the opposing lawsuit by the philharmonic contends that “a majority vote of the quorum was not achieved for a new Chairman,” referring to the vote to elect Thompson over Petkovich, and that the terms of Petkovich, Thompson, Rubins, Stiles, Westney and Arron Hufty, pastor of the First Baptist Church where the philharmonic has regularly performed, had expired and they had not been officially reappointed.
Of named defendants Wood and Rubins, the lawsuit alleges, “Following the engagement of Jeffrey Kahane, a group of Directors of the Board became resentful of the rise of the San Antonio Philharmonic and became determined to undermine any efforts that were not under their control.” It names Wood, Rubins and Thompson as “steadfast in their objective to eliminate any efforts” for the orchestra “to succeed unless it was under their terms and control.
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