Barnes & Noble Details Why Former CEO Demos Parneros Was Fired
In a court filing, the bookseller alleges its former CEO sexually harassed a female employee, bullied other staffers and undermined a potential sale
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Updated Oct. 30, 2018 8:09 pm ET
Barnes & Noble Inc. alleged in a court filing Tuesday that Demos Parneros, its former chief executive, was justifiably fired in early July because he sexually harassed a female employee, bullied other staffers and undermined the potential sale of the book retailer to an unidentified party earlier this year.
In August, Mr. Parneros, who didn't receive severance pay, filed a complaint stating that he had been fired "without warning or justification" and that his reputation was tarnished because the bookseller created the...