Universal Music paid record exec Charlie Walk $1.7M in sex-harass case

Universal Music Group paid its former high-flying record exec Charlie Walk $1.7 million to walk away in a 2018 amid sexual harassment and assault claims against him, according to newly unsealed court documents.

The settlement amount was revealed in a separate legal dispute in New York state court between Walk and the sharp-elbowed lawyer who got him the deal — Marc Kasowitz, best known for advising Donald Trump in the Russia investigation. Walk, a former president of Republic Records who also was a judge on Fox’s reality TV music competition show “The Four,” has sued Kasowitz and his firm, Kasowitz Benson Torres for malpractice.