McDonald's sues ex-CEO Easterbrook over alleged relationships with staffers

McDonald's Corp has filed a lawsuit against former chief executive officer Stephen Easterbrook to recover his exit package after an internal investigation showed that he had sexual relationships with multiple employees, violating company policy, the fast-food chain said in a filing on Monday.

Easterbrook "concealed evidence and lied about his wrongdoing" and had physical sexual relationships with three McDonald's employees in the year before his termination, the filing said.

McDonald's added that Easterbrook approved an "extraordinary" stock grant, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, for one of those employees in the midst of their sexual relationship.

Easterbrook could not be