Webster's Summer of Discontent
Like Maria Messina, Robert Webster quickly discovered that the work environment within Livent was much less than ideal. After joining Livent in the early summer of 1998 Webster found that the accounting staff, including Messina, who remained Livent's CFO, was reluctant to discuss accounting, matters with him. Webster later tes tified that some of the Livent accountants'told him that Mr. Drabinsky had warned them not to provide certain financial information until Drabinsky] had reviewed and approved it" Even more troubling to Webster was Drabinsky's management style. Webster testified, "I had never before experienced anyone with Drabinsky's abusive