Deborah Dugan
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Deborah Dugan Fires Back at Recording Academy, Cites Evidence of Alleged Attempts to ‘Influence’ Grammy Noms
In response to her termination Monday, ousted Recording Academy president/CEO Deborah Dugan’s attorneys have fired back at the organization with a supplemental charge of discrimination that includes multiple new allegations, including what it claims is evidence of an attempts by the Academy — and longtime Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich — to influence the […]
- BusinessThe Wrap
Recording Academy Fires Deborah Dugan After Investigation Validates ‘Serious Complaints’ and ‘Poor Judgment’
The Recording Academy has fired president and CEO Deborah Dugan, who was put on administrative leave just days before the Grammy Awards in January following accusations of “misconduct” made by a female employee, the organization announced in a letter to members Monday.Following the Recording Academy’s decision to place Dugan on leave, the exec filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the organization in which she accused them of multiple instances of misconduct.
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Music’s rigged-est night? What to expect from Sunday’s scandal-ravaged Grammy Awards
Lizzo and Billie Eilish are expected to be Sunday's big winners, but their big night will likely be tainted by the scandal that has exploded before the ceremony.
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Sharon Osbourne weighs in on Grammy Awards controversy: 'Everybody knew it was rigged'
Sharon Osbourne weighed in on recent allegations of Grammy Award voting irregularities, saying "everybody knew it was rigged."
- EntertainmentAssociated Press
Ousted Grammy chief suggests awards are tainted
The ousted head of the Grammy Awards says that music's biggest awards are tainted because of conflicts of interest that infect how certain songs and artists are nominated. Dugan was fired only months into her job as head of the Recording Academy and this week filed an explosive complaint with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission that alleged she was sexually harassed and that the music organization was a “boy's club” that favors friends. The academy, which has accused Dugan of misconduc
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Deborah Dugan speaks out after filing lawsuit against Recording Academy with Grammy allegations
Deborah Dugan spoke out for the first time since filing a lawsuit against the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences during an appearance on "Good Morning America" on Thursday. The first female head of the National Academy of Recording Arts, who was placed on leave last week -- just 10 days before the Grammy Awards -- discussed the sexual harassment and gender discrimination complaint that she filed on Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- EntertainmentVariety
Ex-Grammy Chief Neil Portnow Responds to Rape Allegations
The most explosive of many allegations in ousted Recording Academy Deborah Dugan’s complaint against the organization Tuesday was a claim that her predecessor, Neil Portnow, had been accused of raping a “foreign” singer who was a member of the Academy, and that Academy executives were aware of it at the time of Dugan’s hiring. On […]
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Recording Academy Head Files Complaint After Being Placed on 'Administrative Leave' Days Before Grammys
Grammys 2020: Deborah Dugan Sues After Being Placed on ‘Administrative Leave’
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Executive Assistant Preparing Lawsuit Against Ousted Grammy Chief
In the latest twist in the increasingly bitter exit of Deborah Dugan from the Recording Academy after just five months, the ousted president/CEO is about to face a lawsuit from her former assistant, Claudine Little, who has retained former Harvey Weinstein/ Charlie Walk attorney Patty Glaser to represent her, two sources tell Variety.?The news was […]
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Deborah Dugan’s Attorney Slams Grammys With Fiery Statement After Ouster
Less than 12 hours after news broke that Deborah Dugan had been placed on administrative leave from her post as president/CEO of the Recording Academy, her attorney fired back with a statement. “What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told. When our ability to speak is not restrained by […]
- WorldThe Wrap
Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan Out Following ‘Misconduct’ Accusation
Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan is out after less than a year on the job and less than two weeks before the group’s biggest event: the 2020 Grammy Awards.According to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the news, Dugan stepped down entirely after the group’s board placed her on administrative leave to investigate “a formal allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the Recording Academy team.”“In light of concerns raised to the Recording Academy Board of Trus
