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\u201dMusic\u2019s biggest night\u201d is caught in a swirl of controversy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Only days before the presentation of the 62nd<\/sup> Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, an explosive discrimination claim<\/a> that raises questions about the integrity of voting and charges a \u201csecret committee\u201d chooses certain performers and songs is casting a cloud over \u201cmusic\u2019s biggest night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was filed on behalf of Deborah Dugan, who was put on administrative<\/a> leave by the Recording Academy (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) on January 16, only about six months after her hire as CEO. She had replaced Neil Portnow, who headed the Academy for 17 years. His contract was not renewed after he made controversial remarks about the small number of women Grammy nominees, offering that woman artists needed to \u201cstep up\u201d if they wanted to be recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her claim, Dugan says that wasn\u2019t the real<\/em> reason Portnow was let go. She filed a complaint in December with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that said Portnow \u201callegedly raped a female recording artist.\u201d Dugan says the board knew and that was \u201cthe real reason his contract was not renewed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dugan says she was harassed because she was going to blow the whistle on improper and illegal actions by the Recording Academy. She claims they trumped up false allegations against her to justify putting her on leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another of Dugan\u2019s lawyers, Douglas Wigdor (who also reps women with claims against Harvey Weinstein), said that \u201cthe attempt by the Recording Academy to impugn the character of Deborah Dugan is a transparent effort to shift the focus away from its own unlawful activity. This blatant form of retaliation in corporate America is all too common, even post #MeToo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EEOC email from Dugan said there were \u201cegregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by Board members and voting irregularities with respect to nominations for Grammy Awards.\u201d Dugan laid out specifics about what she sees as corruption of the voting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says after members vote, the top 20 categories are reviewed by \u201csecret committees\u201d that narrow down nominees to five to eight per category. She alleges artists in consideration are allowed to sit on the secret committees, and some songs are only nominated because the shows longtime producer Ken Ehrlich wants to have them performed on the telecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The email also complained of \u201cegregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by Board members,\u201d according to the complaint, which describes the Academy as \u201ca \u2018boys\u2019 club\u2019 where men work together to the disadvantage of women and disenfranchised groups in order to enrich themselves and maintain control on the Academy\u2019s dealings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the EEOC complaint, Dugan also alleges that she was sexually harassed by music lawyer Joel Katz, the Academy\u2019s general counsel and a former board member. Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Katz, told The Hollywood Reporter his client \u201cemphatically denies\u201d the allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About three weeks before she was put on leave, Dugan sent a memo to the Academy\u2019s Human Resources department, according to The New York Times<\/em><\/a>, \u201cdetailing her concerns about the governance and practices of the organization, leading her to conclude \u2018something was seriously amiss at the Academy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dugan had been hired to bring \u201cdiversity\u201d to the Recording Academy but when she arrived she says she found an entrenched system and a staff loyal to Portnow. The complaint that got her suspended for alleged \u201cbullying\u201d was filed by Portnow\u2019s former personal assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dugan\u2019s memo charged the Recording Academy paid \u201cexorbitant and unnecessary\u201d legal bills, and conflicts of interest violations by members of the academy\u2019s board, executive committee, and outside lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was a huge source of discomfort for everyone there because she believed she was coming to be an agent of change, but they don\u2019t really want change at all,\u201d an unidentified source said<\/a>. \u201cThey had entrenched ways of doing business and anything she tried to change was met with, \u2018That\u2019s not the how we do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Dugan\u2019s suspension, the Recording Academy said it was immediately launching an independent investigation of both her allegations and Dugan\u2019s behavior. The Academy reportedly claims Dugan sought $22 million to go away<\/a>, threatening to go public with her claims. Her lawyer Bryan Freedman<\/a> has denied that she made that demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201con the morning of the day she was put on leave, the Academy offered Ms. Dugan millions of dollars to drop all of this and leave the Academy. The Board Chair demanded an answer within the hour.  When Ms. Dugan refused to accept and walk away, she was put on leave.  The Academy claimed that Ms. Dugan was put on leave based on accusations made against her over a month prior that the Board knows very well are meritless.\u201d<\/p>Bryan Freedman says in a response<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the Recording Academy said: \u201cOur loyalty will always be to the 25,000 members of the recording industry. We regret that Music\u2019s Biggest Night is being stolen from them by Ms. Dugan\u2019s actions and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201dMusic\u2019s biggest night\u201d is caught in a swirl of controversy Only days before the presentation of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, an explosive discrimination claim that raises questions about the integrity of voting and charges a \u201csecret committee\u201d chooses certain performers and songs is casting a cloud over \u201cmusic\u2019s biggest night.\u201d It was filed on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,1905,100,2371,118,1975,119],"tags":[1906],"class_list":["post-16257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bryan-j-freedman","category-deborah-dugan","category-entertainment","category-los-angeles-magazine","category-music","category-recording-academy","category-tv_film","tag-grammy-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExplosive Claims About Sexual Assault and Voting Irregularities Cast a Pall Over the Grammys - 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