"Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave," a statement from the company read. The decision came after Byron was spotted hugging a woman, later identified as Kristin Cabot.

A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

A 20-second cuddle at a Coldplay concert turned two anonymous executives into global villains, and a viral cautionary tale about power, privacy, and the wrath of the internet.

Rambam, in Hilchot Teshuvah 4:1, warns that public humiliation can be one of the greatest barriers to repentance. If a video like this essentially freezes someone’s worst moment in time and makes it globally visible, are we creating a situation where teshuvah becomes nearly impossible? Does Judaism see that as a communal ethical failure?

Kristin Cabot, caught in a viral embrace with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, appears to be married to Privateer Rum founder Andrew Cabot, a member of a prominent Boston family.

Following the Coldplay scandal, an alleged former employee has now accused Andy Byron of scamming staffers at a previous organisation