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Problem is its hard to verify because Steve Haeyer was let go of his top position at Starwood last month while receiving a 70 mil golden parachute. Nobody seems to know if he was asked to resign because of W LV, and my friends at W haven't been told why oficially, they just hear rumors like we do.

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It's been widely reported Heyer was forced to resign because he's a jerk and a harrasser.

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Heyer's "management style" grated with everyone, but he also lead the company through a very turbulent time sucessfully. The sexual harassment charge discussed within that article actually took place last year, everyone in management just had to enter sensitivity training to combat the charges. But the people I spoke with werent sure if this was the real reason why Heyer was asked to resign, there was a lot of unanswered questions about the LV deal as well from what I was told.

Thanks for showing the article, I completely forgot that heyer opted out of his severance package, I misstated that earlier. Only difference is that I was told it was 70 mil - but either way you know you really f'ed up when you are forced to resign and decline your severance.