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Holiday party fallout: How a christmas bash cost an EY senior partner his $850K job

Leonard Nicita, a senior partner at EY Australia, was fired from his $850K position after a 2022 Christmas party incident and a reported assault at a Sydney bar. At the party, Nicita allegedly made inappropriate sexual comments to a female colleague, resulting in a formal complaint. Later, he reportedly pushed a bar manager while searching for a missing jacket. EY terminated him for Just Cause under the partnership agreement.