ACADEMY IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER MAKING BOMBSHELL ALLEGATIONS
THAT THE AWARDS ARE
RIGGED.
HERE IS KATE SNOW.
>> YOU HAVE TO TELL
YOUR TRUTH.
YOU HAVE TO TELL YOUR
TRUTH.
>> Reporter: DEBRA
DUGAN SAID THE
RECORDING ACADEMY
OFFERED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IF SHE KEEPS
HER SILENCE.
SHE REFUSED.
IS THE AWARDS PROCESS
CORRUPT?
>> IT RIGGED.
>> Reporter: 12,000
ACADEMY MEMBERS VOTE
TO DETERMINE THE TOP
20 NOMINEES FOR A
GRAMMY AWARD BUT DUGAN
ALONGSIDE HER ATTORNEY
SAYS COMMITTEES WHO
PICK THE FINAL
NOMINEES CAN BE
INFLUENCED.
YOU’RE SAYING IN SOME
CASES, THE NOMINATING
PROCESS HAS THE
INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE AN INTEREST
IN THE NOMINATIONS,
PEOPLE WHO -- ARTIST
THAT MIGHT BE
NOMINATED ARE THE IN
ROOM.
>> NOT JUST THE
ARTISTS, PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BUSINESS
AFFILIATEIONS WITH THE
ARTISTS, AS WELL.
>> REPRESENT THE
ARTISTS.
>> Reporter: WHAT
ABOUT IT SAID IT
PREDOMINANTLY WHITE
AND THE DECISIONS ARE
BEING MADE BY MALES.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> IT IS TRUE.
IT’S PREDOMINATELY
WHITE MALES THAT CALL
THE SHOTS.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS
SUNDAY NIGHT ARTIST
FOR SONG OF THE YEAR
TOOK SPOTS FROM ARIANA
GRANDE AND ED SHEERAN.
>> WHEN YOU MOVE
SOMEBODY UP, SOMEBODY
COMES OUT AND IS IN
THE ROOM AND I DID SEE
THAT HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THE
ACADEMY SAID SPURIOUS
ALLEGATIONS USE OUR
PROCESS TO PUSH
FORWARD NOMINATIONS
FOR ARTISTS THEY HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH,
ARE CATEGORYICALLY
FALSE, MISLEADING AND
WRONG.
SHE TOOK OVER FOR NEAL
AND MAKING DRAMATIC
ACCUSATIONS ABOUT HIM.
>> IT IS, I BELIEVE, A
FACT THAT HE AS THE
HEAD OF THE RECORDING
ACADEMY DID HAVE SEX
WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WHO
WOULD LOVE TO GET A
GRAMMY AND SO THAT IN
ITSELF I THINK IS A
FIREABLE OFFENSE.
>> Reporter: BUT HE
SAYS THE BOARD’S
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CONDUCTED AN
INVESTIGATION AND HE
WAS COMPLETELY
EXONERATED.
THE ACADEMY ALSO SAYS
DUGAN NEVER RAISED
THESE GRAVE
ALLEGATIONS UNTIL
AFTER HER FORMER
ASSISTANT FILED A
COMPLAINT AGAINST HER
FOR A TOXIC AND
INTOLERABLE WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND ABU
ABUSIVE CONDUCT.
WERE YOU ABUSIVE?
>> I WAS NOT.
>> Reporter: DUGAN
SAYS MUSICAL ARTISTS
ARE REACHING OUT IN
SUPPORT AND GRAMMY