A New York Philharmonic trumpeter who claims he was wrongly canned is suing the famed orchestra for $25 million, court docket papers present.
Matthew Muckey, third trumpet with the Philharmonic, sued in March claiming he was wrongly fired over a romantic fling he’d had 16 years prior by which his ex-lover confirmed her consent in writing and even complimented him on his efficiency within the sack.
Now Muckey, 40, is looking for an enormous payout from the Philharmonic and the legislation agency whose investigation allegedly led to his termination, in line with newly-filed authorized papers.
The agency, Levy Employment Legislation, allegedly didn’t let Muckey see any accusations from the girl he slept with in 2008, and apparently ignored written messages she’d despatched to Muckey after their dalliance, he alleged within the litigation.
“Awwww you’re actually the perfect thanks for every little thing, sure, even the intercourse,” she allegedly wrote to him through Fb Messenger after their 2008 encounter. “It was fairly good.”
The pair had intercourse twice, in line with messages included within the lawsuit.
“I did consent,” she wrote, in line with court docket docs.
Muckey was fired in October, after the Philharmonic, which apparently had no present complaints towards him, surveyed its musicians asking about Muckey by identify.
“It didn’t matter to the Philharmonic that not one of the musicians surveyed alleged that Mr. Muckey had engaged in any acts of sexual harassment, violence and/or abuse,” he stated in court docket papers.
The Philharmonic “tried to justify the disciplinary actions it took towards Mr. Muckey as being primarily based upon a supposed vital variety of orchestra members not desirous to work with him and, subsequently, supporting each the Suspension and the Dismissal.”
The Philharmonic declined remark. The Levy agency didn’t reply to a message looking for remark.
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