Intimate text messages exchanged between an ousted CFO of Royal Bank of Canada and her junior colleague have emerged amid the latest round of legal disputes over the secret office affair. RBC, Canada’s largest bank, fired Nadine Ahn in April after finding out an alleged decade-long romantic relationship with her junior colleague, Ken Mason.
Reports suggest that Mason received promotions and raises as a result of their affair. In response, Ahn, 53, filed a $50 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit earlier this month. However, the bank countered on Friday with a claim for $4.5 million, alleging that this amount was paid to Mason as ‘excess compensation,’ according to a Bloomberg report.
An Affair and Two Lawsuits
The most recent lawsuit has exposed text messages between Ahn and Mason, including romantic poetry and fantasies about a future together, such as reading in bed. According to the bank, they also used pet names for each other—’Prickly Pear’ for …