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ESPN employees were "blindsided" by former president John Skipper's cocaine extortion revelation
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ESPN employees, speaking anonymously, tell Deadspin there was never any indication that Skipper used cocaine in their interactions with him. Skipper's interview with ESPN historian James Andrew Miller raises the question of why he had to resign from his job when John Lasseter, the head of Pixar and the Disney animation studios, was allowed to take a six-month leave of absence after he was hit with multiple allegations of sexual harassment. ALSO: Some ESPN staffers were relieved by Skipper's revelation because they couldn't find any wrongdoing.
TOPICS: John Skipper, ESPN, Disney
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