Grammy Board to Settle Sexual Assault Charges

The board of the Grammy organization has approved an estimated $650,000 settlement to resolve sexual assault and battery allegations against the nonprofit group’s chief executive, C. Michael Greene, Grammy sources said.

Greene and his attorney did not respond to repeated phone calls or e-mails Friday.

Attorneys representing the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Santa Monica-based group responsible for staging the annual Grammy awards telecast, also declined comment. The organization previously has denied that Greene assaulted or had any sexual contact with Jill Geimer, the Grammy executive who had threatened to sue over Greene’s alleged misconduct.

The settlement has ignited a boardroom insurrection, with more than a dozen of the 41 academy trustees privately calling for Greene’s firing, according to high-ranking Grammy sources.

In a conference call late Wednesday, the group’s executive committee said it would hire a private investigator to probe harassment allegations against Greene raised by Geimer and at least two other former employees.