The chairman and CEO of Time Warner's HBO cable network has resigned after being arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in the valet parking lot of the MGM Grand casino. Albrecht was in Las Vegas for Saturday night's fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., broadcast on pay-per-view by HBO.On Tuesday, Albrecht announced he would step down temporarily from his HBO post to enter rehab.
These allegations prompted the publication by the Los Angeles Times of an article detailing an earlier allegation of battery against Albrecht by an HBO employee with whom he had been romantically involved.
That case was settled by mediation in the early '90s, when Bewkes, then HBO's chief operating officer, signed off on the payment of at least $400,000 to Sasha Emerson, the Times reported, noting that Bewkes was in line to take over as CEO next year when Parsons retires.
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