David Davidar, Indian-born president and CEO of Penguin Canada who announced Tuesday that he is voluntarily leaving the publishing giant, was actually terminated following a sexual harassment complaint by a former employee.
Joined by Penguin Group chairman John Makinson, Davidar had announced Tuesday that he is leaving the company to 'pursue his successful writing career and other projects.'
But the very next day, Lisa Rundle, former director of digital publishing and foreign rights at Penguin Canada, filed a $523,000 lawsuit in a court here against Penguin, alleging that she faced sexual harassment for three years and then an outright assault by Davidar at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October.
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