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   From: Davecross@kremlin.ru   
      
   Alphabet’s top lawyer announced he is leaving the company he   
   helped build amid an investigation into his relationships with   
   other staffers.   
      
   David Drummond, the 56-year-old chief legal officer of Google’s   
   parent company, will leave the search giant at the end of the   
   month, according to a note he sent to colleagues.   
      
   And despite having been with the tech giant for 18 years,   
   Drummond is not receiving an exit package, a spokeswoman   
   confirmed.   
      
   In his letter, Drummond claims he is going to “retire,” and   
   cites the recent decision of Google co-founders Larry Page and   
   Sergey Brin to step back from operational roles as factoring   
   into his decision to also jump ship.   
      
   “With Larry and Sergey now leaving their executive roles at   
   Alphabet, the company is entering an exciting new phase, and I   
   believe that it’s also the right time for me to make way for the   
   next generation of leaders,” Drummond wrote. “As a result, after   
   careful consideration, I have decided to retire at the end of   
   this month.”   
      
   But the departure also comes just months after it emerged that   
   Alphabet’s board of directors opened an investigation into   
   Drummond after a stunning blog post by a former underling who   
   accused him of regularly ignoring the tech giant’s rules around   
   romantic relationships.   
      
   Drummond not only failed to tell his superiors about his   
   extramarital affair with Jennifer Blakely, who worked under him,   
   he then left her for a co-worker a year after they had a child   
   together, Blakely claimed in her August blog post on Medium.   
      
   Drummond then had an affair with his “personal assistant,”   
   followed by yet another subordinate from the legal department,   
   Blakely said.   
      
   At the time, Drummond admitted to a “difficult” breakup with   
   Blakely, but denied having “started a relationship with anyone   
   else who was working at Google or Alphabet.” A week later, he   
   married Corinne Dixon, who also works in Google’s legal   
   department, but who does not report directly to Drummond.   
      
   The lawyer last week dumped $77 million worth of Alphabet stock,   
   according to SEC filings, and had dumped more than an additional   
   $100 million in the previous two months.   
      
   Aside from confirming Drummond’s departure and his lack of an   
   exit package, Google declined to comment.   
      
   In 2018, Google made headlines for eye-popping severance   
   packages it has paid to three executives accused of sexual   
   misconduct — including a $90 million golden parachute for   
   Android creator Andy Rubin.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2020/01/10/google-parents-top-lawyer-quits-   
   amid-sexual-misconduct-probe/   
       
      
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