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Philharmonic Players Accused of Sexual Misconduct No Longer Performing

The two were previously let go in 2018, before the union lobbied for their reinstatement in 2020.

Now, however, current Local 802 president Sara Cutler seems in favor of further action, calling the removal of Wang and Muckey “good first steps but they can’t be the last,” in a statement to the Times. She added: “I am horrified by what was in the story and we are committing the full resources of Local 802 to erase the culture of complicity that has raged at the N.Y. Philharmonic for too long.” The details of allegations first reported by New York centered around Cara Kizer, formerly a horn player at the Philharmonic, who says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Muckey in 2010 while in Vail, Colorado.

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