McDonald's is suing their former chief executive for lying about hidden sexual relationships with employees, in order to retrieve millions in compensation and severance payments. Steve Easterbrook was fired "without cause" last November for a consensual relationship with an employee, and the company had paid him stock awards worth more than $37 million, as well as $675,000 in severance pay. New details later emerged about three other sexual relationships he had in the year he was terminated. The lawsuit accuses him of lying, concealing evidence and fraud. and that he would have been fired for cause had the extent of his relationships been known. The concealed evidence included sexually explicit photographs and videos of women sent as attachments from his company email account.
See "McDonald's sues former chief executive for extensive hidden sexual misconduct", Edward Helmore, The Guardian, August 12, 2020