Chelsea’s new board has commissioned an external review after a former employee died by suicide and several colleagues alleged they were bullied by a senior executive at the club.
Richard Bignell, the former head of Chelsea TV, died in January having been dismissed last September, one day after returning from medical leave. The coroner’s report said that he “was deeply troubled by anxiety, depression and despair following the loss of his job.”
An extensive report in the New York Times, quoting several current and past employees, alleges that staff have quit their roles because of a toxic environment presided over by an executive, whose management style “sometimes left colleagues in tears.”
