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Recording Academy Allegedly Used NDAs to Silence Women’s Sex Abuse Claims: Report

The Recording Academy allegedly used NDAs and payments in order to silence sex abuse claims, according to Los Angeles Times.

The paper claims that attorney Joel Katz, who will receive a Trustees Awards from the Academy tomorrow, once offered Terri McIntyre $1 million not to report alleged sexual assaults she suffered while working for the organization. Joanne Gardner Lowell, who reported to Greene as senior director of special projects at the Academy, told the Times that the exec’s alleged behavior and practice of using NDAs was well known. Greene stepped down in 2002 amid allegations of sexual harassment, though Los Angeles Times reports that the Recording Academy said it had cleared him of wrongdoing before paying him close to $8 million in severance.

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