Former CEO of The Recording Academy Neil Portnow has been accused of drugging and raping a woman in a New York hotel room in 2018. 

<div class="block">Former CEO of The Recording Academy Neil Portnow has been accused of drugging and raping a woman in a New York hotel room in 2018. </div>

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Former Grammy Head Accused of Sexual Assault

Elsewhere, a former head of the Grammy Awards is under fire, Neil Port now has been accused of drugging and raping a woman in a New York hotel room in 2018. The woman who has not been named in the case also accuses the Recording academy, the nonprofit that sponsors the Grammys of Negligence Ford now stepped down as chief executive of the Recording Academy in 2019 after claiming that women need to quote, step up and quote in order to gain more recognition in the music industry. In a statement, a representative of Mr Port now called the allegations false and said they were quote, undoubtedly motivated by Mr Port. Now's refusal to comply with the plaintiff's outrageous demands for money.