Nearly two years after he was shown the door at Universal following undisclosed “inappropriate conduct” allegations, the studio’s former president of marketing Josh Goldstine has emerged with his n…
Sources have confirmed to Deadline that Goldstine is set to receive around $20 million from the
-owned studio. Specific details of the arbitration judgment remain sealed between the parties. However, it also appears Universal is not going to fight the multimillion-dollar decision.“I could not have survived this nightmare had it not been for the unwavering support of my family and our tremendous network of friends,” Goldstine said in a statement Monday.
“I am eternally grateful to all of them and cannot wait to get back to doing what we have all been fighting for: getting a job and creating great work,” the Glaser Weil-represented Goldstine added. The law firm will see some of that $20 million obviously.as Deadline exclusively reported at the timeShell and Langley had a lot to say, especially in memo to staff that announced Seth Byers, EVP Creative Strategy and Research, was toast, and Goldstine had been put on administrative leave.
“Our highest priority is to provide a working environment where every employee feels heard, seen and safe,” wrote Shell and Langley at the time. “We commend the people who have had the courage to come forward. We have no tolerance for harassment or other disrespectful behavior, and we will be taking any necessary steps to ensure that actions that violate our core values are dealt with swiftly and decisively.
“We will be doing a number of things to address this immediately, including a full review in the marketing department to ensure every employee has the opportunity to voice concerns, raise any issues and provide feedback about the working environment, and we are prepared to take whatever additional action is needed,” the duo declared.Having joined Universal in 2011, Goldstine was anointed worldwide marketing boss in 2014. Previous to that he was at Sony for nearly 20 years, not all of them good.
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