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Deborah Dugan and Recording Academy Settle Dispute Over Her Firing

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a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that accused the Academy of corruption and included accusations that the Academy’s private counsel, Joel Katz, sexually harassed her (Katz denied those claims) and said that she learned her predecessor, Neil Portnow, was accused of raping an unnamed female recording artist following a performance at Carnegie Hall (Portnow called the accusations “ludicrous and untrue” and said an independent investigation had exonerated him).Dugan also subsequently accused the Recording Academy of rigging the Grammys in its nomination and voting processes.The settlement comes as the Recording Academy continues to deal with harsh criticism of its practices that for years have resulted in nominees.

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