Peter O’Leary, the former Chief Marketing Officer and Vice-President of Ticketing, is suing Eugene Melnyk for breach of contract. He is seeking $1.55 million dollars in the lawsuit. Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen was the first to break the news. You can read about it in all the salacious details, but the highlights (lowlights?) are:
- O’Leary is claiming that the work environment at the club was dysfunctional and that Melnyk behaved in an abusive manner towards his employees
- O’Leary was given glowing performance reviews by his then boss Cyril Leeder and awarded substantial bonuses that he claims Melnyk instructed Leeder not to pay him.