AdvertisementIn the complaint, Dugan accused Katz of sexual harassment, “exorbitant and unnecessary” expenses and conflict-of-interest, all factors that contributed to what she described as “a boys’ club” environment within the Recording Academy. AdvertisementFew have had a better angle for understanding the Recording Academy’s machinations than Katz. The Recording Academy paid the two firms a total of $15 million for a five-year stretch starting in 2013, according to Variety. This isn’t the first time that Katz has defended sexual harassment claims against an academy executive. In 1997, then-president C. Michael Greene was accused by an assistant of sexual harassment.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2020 19:07 UTC