AceShowbiz - Ousted Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan has filed an official complaint following her dismissal.

Attorneys for Dugan, who was officially fired on Monday after being placed on administrative leave in January 2020, filed court papers citing new allegations, some of which involve former Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich.

According to the papers, obtained by Variety, Dugan cites an email written by Ehrlich on October 24, 2019, where he and a "Mr. Mason" attempted to use their positions to influence nomination votes.

"Specifically, Mr. Ehrlich attempted to press the Academy into nominating a song by a particular superstar in order to increase his ability to convince the superstar to perform at the Grammys," the filing states.

Variety reports Ehrlich wrote in the email, "Looking at the (American Music Awards) nominations this morning, it's more about who's NOT there than who is... and (superstar) is definitely not gonna be happy. minor representation at best."

It is then alleged Ehrlich insisted, "there should be some discussion in a certain room at your meetings next week," suggesting he attempted to manipulate the nominations.

Dugan also alleges in her complaint that the academy has "subjected her to repeated, ongoing and egregious retaliation," including a lawsuit filed by Proskauer Rose who made "outrageous, false and frivolous allegations," and includes emails from another Recording Academy member who appears to claim that artists are still a part of the selecting committee even if they are up for their own awards.

Dugan was placed on administrative leave after she was accused of misconduct, while alleging sexual harassment and "egregious conflicts of interest, improper self-dealing by Board members, and voting irregularities with respect to nominations for Grammy Awards," calling the Recording Academy a "boys' club." All the claims were denied by both parties.