On the evening of July 16, at a concert at a Coldplay cool band in Boston, technology company Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his chief human resources officer Christine Carbert were enjoying the band’s performance with friends.
The two were photographed together.
The two were apparently frightened by this sudden scene and immediately panicked to try to hide from the screen. This embarrassing moment was fully recorded, and the band's singer was still joking on the stage: "Oh, what happens? They are either stealing or very shy. "
The company soon announced the interference in the investigation, and the two were suspended. The next day of the incident, Byron announced his resignation. Less than a week later, Christine also filed a resignation.
On September 23, local time, a source close to Christine appeared to help her explain the relationship and revealed the story behind it. That night, her husband Andrew Carbert was also dating another woman at the same concert scene.
“There is no marriage, it costs too much.”
After the scandal broke out, Christine had been labeled "family destroyer" by the outside world. A source close to Christine appeared to try to help her clarify.
“Christine and Andy have a great work relationship and a deep friendship, there is no extramarital relationship,” the source said, “it is not appropriate to embrace your boss at the concert and she is fully responsible for it.
Christine and her husband and children.
The source revealed that Christine was unbelievable about the event evolving into global news.In the first three days after the scandal broke out, Christine “received about 900 death threats on her phone.”
The harassment even extended to the bottom line, when she went to pick up her son, “someone stood outside her car, some adult women laughed at her, took pictures, pointed to her.”
The source also said: “It is sad that people are so happy and happy with their misfortune.”
husband Andrew was exposed at the same concert date
Sources pointed out that there were "many misunderstandings" in previous media reports. "The fact is that he (Andrew) was dating at that Coldplay concert."
The initial report said that on the night of the concert, Andrew, the owner of the rum brand Privateer Rum, from the Boston famed family, was traveling to Japan, not aware of everything that happened.
He said the couple hadn’t divorced before the concert, but “had separated and lived apart for weeks and the process was friendly.” and Andrew, the woman who dated that night at the concert, “is now his girlfriend.”
On August 13, Christine officially filed a divorce application with the court. Her husband Andrew subsequently confirmed through a spokesperson the news that the two were separated and are divorcing, and asked the outside world to give family privacy.
Red Star News reporter Deng Shuyi
Editor, Guo Yu
Review by Feng Shui