Grammy Awards boss Deborah Dugan has been sacked by the Recording Academy, a few weeks after she was suspended over a misconduct allegation.
The Academy announced the news in a letter to members, citing “consistent management deficiencies and failures”.
Following her suspension, Dugan filed a complaint accusing her then employer of silencing her concerns over sexual harassment and voting irregularities.
Dugan said she was “disappointed” but “not surprised” about being fired.
In announcing Dugan’s dismissal, the academy said its decision followed “two exhaustive, costly independent investigations relating to Dugan and the allegations made against her and by her”.
The letter did not specify what Dugan’s alleged behaviour entailed, beyond a sole accusation of bullying that was disclosed at the time of her suspension.
Nor did it respond to many of her allegations, which included a sexual harassment claim and an accusation about voting irregularities.
The industry body has previously questioned why Dugan did not raise these “grave allegations” until she was accused of bullying herself.
In 2018, the organisation created a task force in response to a major backlash that the Grammys are consistently too male and too white.
