A top McDonald's security exec said the CEO repeatedly undermined him — and even barred him from riding with him on the corporate jet — in a new racial-discrimination lawsuit
As McDonald's vice president of global safety, security, and intelligence, Michael Peaster was responsible for overseeing the personal security of CEO Chris Kempczinski.
The CEO sent the text to Chicago's mayor, Lori Lightfoot, shortly after the shooting of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a Chicago-area McDonald's in April 2021. The CEO wrote:"p.s. tragic shootings in last week, both at our restaurant yesterday and with Adam Toldeo. With both, the parents failed those kids which I know is something you can't say. Even harder to fix."
In 2022, Kempczinski refused to meet with Peaster to discuss his security needs and banned him from flying with him on the company's private jet during a business trip to Mexico City and São Paulo, the suit said. During the trip, Peaster"was relegated to fly commercial" and was later criticized for making the CEO feel"unsafe in these cities."
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