Overview
- In a Nov. 20 petition, the museum asked the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to compel arbitration and stay Sasha Suda’s lawsuit, alleging she misappropriated funds and lied to cover it up.
- Suda’s Nov. 10 complaint seeks a jury trial, damages, and two years of severance at her $720,000 annual rate, alleging breach of contract, bad faith, and wrongful termination.
- The museum’s filing claims Suda granted herself three unauthorized salary increases between March 2024 and July 2025 and approved pay bumps for others without required committee approval, with no sums specified.
- Suda and her attorney deny the accusations as false and call the probe a sham, saying any raises were standard 3% cost‑of‑living adjustments documented in finance records.
- The board’s executive committee voted Oct. 27 to terminate Suda for cause, and the museum named former Met chief Daniel H. Weiss as her successor the day after filing its petition.