Former Grammys CEO alleges rampant sexual misconduct, discrimination, corruption within the Grammys

Dugan was placed on administrative leave earlier this month

An internationally renowned choreographer has been suspended from the Royal Opera House amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

It's been a long time coming. 

"Hip-hop has never been respected by the Grammys"

Deborah Dugan, 61, the former CEO of The Recording Academy, which presents the Grammy Awards, got a lot of attention this week when she spoke out against the organization and her predecessor, Neil Portnow, after she was put on leave from her job due to claims she bullied an assistant who worked for her. The successful businesswoman filed a 44 page complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Jan.

Among the many allegations in ousted Recording Academy chief Deborah Dugan’s bombshell complaint Tuesday was a claim that the nominations are marred by what she has described as “rigging.” The example in the complaint points to the 2019 Best Song category, where an unidentified artist who was represented by a board member moved from the bottom of the shortlist to be a finalist — over Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran.

Following ousted Recording Academy president/CEO Deborah Dugan’s accusations the organization’s voting procedures are “corrupt,” the organization's board chair and acting CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and chief awards office Bill Freimuth have released a statement ahead of Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

Deborah Dugan, the ousted Grammys CEO who was placed on administrative leave last week, has said music's biggest awards are tainted because of conflicts of interest that infect how certain songs and artists are nominated.

Included in Che Apalache's first full-length Grammy-nominated album Rearrange my Heart is a song titled "The Dreamer" whose lyrics humanize the experience of nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States -- a group that includes roughly 700,000 people with temporary protection under the Obama-era policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.The melancholic song, inspired by Moises Serrano -- a DACA recipient and queer activist from North Carolina -- tells the

Back in 2018, RiFF RAFF was going to trial in a sexual assault lawsuit from an alleged 2014 incident at a Nevada brothel, but on Wednesday (Jan.

Suspended Recording Academy chief executive and president Deborah Dugan has filed a legal complaint accusing its officials of sexual misconduct and voting corruption.

It all started when former Recording Academy CEO, Deborah Dugan, was removed from her position last Thursday—with only ten days until showtime—with little explanation. Initial reports claimed that Deborah was placed on leave after an allegation of "" was filed, which sounds rather...vague. But then Deborah's attorney, Bryan Freedman, let it be known that there is apparently much more to Dugan's sudden removal than meets the eye.

Neil Portnow, the former chief of the Recording Academy, has been accused of raping a female artist by his successor, Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan, who was placed on an administrative leave days ago.

She was dismissed for apparent "misconduct" last week

The much-awaited and the biggest music night is only a few days away but Grammys 2020 is embroiled in a controversy like no other. The Recording Academy, which conducts the Grammy Awards, sacked former CEO Deborah Dugan just days before the  awards night.

In May 2018, after Neil Portnow said that women needed to “step up,” the longtime head of the Grammys found himself out of a job. Six months ago, Deborah Dugan—the former CEO of (RED)—was brought on to replace him. That tenure lasted until last week, when she was ousted and put on “administrative leave” under unclear circumstances involving an undisclosed allegation of misconduct.

The ousted Grammys CEO fired back at the Recording Academy on Tuesday, alleging that she was removed after complaining about sexual harassment and pay disparities and for calling out conflicts of interest in the nomination process for music's most prestigious awards.

Deborah Dugan, the recently-ousted Recording Academy president and CEO, has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination complaint against the organization behind the Grammys. It contains several bold claims outlining corruption and sexual harassment within the organization. Read it in full below.

The Recording Academy removed its former chief executive Deborah Dugan last week just 10 days out from the Grammys, and now she’s firing back in an explosive lawsuit that claims widespread problems in the organization.