Oboist Liang Wang and trumpeter Matthew Muckey, suspended by the New York Philharmonic after allegations of sexual misconduct, have filed suits against the orchestra and the American Federation of Musicians local representing philharmonic players, charging the orchestra with violating an arbitrator’s ruling that they should be reinstated and the union with failing to represent them in the dispute.
Wang, the philharmonic’s principal oboist, and Muckey, its associate principal trumpeter, were barred from rehearsals and performances after publication of an article in New York magazine in which Cara Kizer, a former horn player in the orchestra, said that she was sexually assaulted and possibly drugged during an evening with the two men in 2010 while the orchestra was on tour in Vail, Colorado.
The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernández reports on the lawsuits:
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