Liberty Tax Sex Scandal Draws Investor Suit Targeting Hewitt
- Report found John Hewitt romantically linked to 10 workers
- Hewitt ousted as tax preparer’s CEO, but won’t sell stake
John Hewitt in 2013.
Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg
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Some Liberty Tax Inc. investors have lost patience with founder John Hewitt.
A pension fund is asking a judge to order Hewitt to relinquish his controlling stake in the national tax-preparation service after an internal review found that while running the company, he had sex in his office and hired relatives of female employees with whom he’d had romantic relationships.