“That was a bigger issue than me and my job at Levi’s – I couldn’t not talk about it. Believing that kids belong in school does not impede on my job performance,” she said. There needs to be some consideration of that because there are people of widely varying views. “But ultimately a culture is being created that is not inclusive and is not accepting of many opinions and voices. Looking at her situation more broadly, Sey described corporations’ efforts to create an inclusive culture as correct and valiant. “For me, this was an extension of my advocacy for children,” she said. women’s national gymnastics team Larry Nasser story at the center of that. A former elite gymnast with Team USA and a mother of four children, Sey wrote a book, “Chalked Up,” in 2008 about abuse in the Olympic movement and made the film ‘Athlete A” in 2020 that exposed the abuses in the sport of gymnastics with the convicted sex offender and former physician for the U.S. As of now, she said she has no plans to take any legal action, preferring “to move forward to the next opportunity” and continuing child advocacy by producing more documentaries.

Sey first went public with the specifics of her kerfuffle with Levi’s in Bari Weiss’ “Common Sense” Substack Monday morning. I was not going to sign that because I care about these issues of free speech and kids. “Any severance or separation package comes with an NDA as to the terms of the separation. A company spokesperson declined any further comment about Sey’s allegations, citing company policy regarding personnel issues.Īs part of her exit, Sey said she was offered a “pretty standard” severance package for someone at her level. said that Seth Ellison, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, will serve as interim Levi’s brand president, during the search for a successor to Sey.

“It was clear there wasn’t going to be a place for me going forward, but I chose to leave on my own terms,” Sey contended. She resigned from the San Francisco-based Levi’s on Sunday. After Sey appeared on a few local and national programs, including with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, the situation had escalated by spring 2021, she said.

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