Acclaimed music and culture writer Sasha Frere-Jones has abruptly exited the L.A. Times after less than a year amid allegations of expense-account shenanigans involving a strip club and accepting expensive freebies from sources.
“Yes, Sasha Frere-Jones resigned recently,” a representative for the Times told TheWrap via email on Monday, roughly 10 months after the paper hired the former New Yorker magazine critic with great fanfare as its critic-at-large.
Frere-Jones has not responded to TheWrap’s requests for comment. And while the Times rep did not elaborate on the reason for the resignation, paper insiders point to a series of apparent ethical issues involving the writer.