McDonald’s has sued its former chief executive Steve Easterbrook, alleging that he hid details of three sexual relationships with employees when the board fired him last November over a separate relationship with a subordinate.
In a securities filing and a lawsuit on Monday, the burger chain said it was seeking to recover the compensation and severance payments it allowed Mr Easterbrook to leave with. Equilar, the executive pay consultancy, reported at the time that his severance deal was worth about $40m.
McDonald’s would not have approved the separation agreement had it known the extent of his “inappropriate personal behaviour”, the company said, but would instead have terminated him for cause.
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