The boss of one of the largest newspapers in the Bahamas wound up in the hospital alongside a female co-worker following a heated argument at the paper’s headquarters.
The drama unraveled when Robert Carron, The Tribune’s CEO, rudely accused receptionist Latishka Hepburn, 27, of revealing his cell phone number without his permission.
Seething, Carron called Hepburn into his office – and that’s where things got interesting. According to staffs witnesses at The Tribune, Carron verbally abused and ridiculed Hepburn, calling her “a liar” when she denied giving out his phone number. Staff members said they listened in horror as Carron reportedly slammed on his desk and expressed sharp disapproval of Hepburn. They ongoing argument triggered an asthma attack for Hepburn, which forced her to collapse onto the floor of Carron’s office.
Carron then reported that he feared Hepburn had died of a heart attack.
“Call an ambulance! Quickly!” Carron scolded to his staff, who entered his office to find Hepburn “out cold”, sprawled out across the floor.
Carron refused to let any of his employees touch Hepburn in fear of making her condition worse. Amidst all the chaos, no one seemed to be able to reach the ambulance service.
Carron and Tribune controller Phillip Cummings allegedly carried Hepburn downstairs, tossed her into Carron’s Lexus, and drove her to nearby Doctor’s Hospital around 1:00pm.
Hepburn was kept in the hospital Monday night and sent home to rest on Tuesday. She has not returned to work since. According to sources, Hepburn’s husband died last year of a heart attack, leaving her to raise her three young children alone as a single mother.
Carron, 46, also stayed at the hospital overnight. No, not to console Hepburn – that would be too… generous.
Instead, Carron was kept overnight because doctors had found that his blood pressure had risen significantly following the altercation.
According to reports, Carron has not returned to work yet either.
To make matters worse for Robert “SuperBrat” Carron, Tribune staff members have allegedly demanded a meeting with Carron’s mother, Eileen Carron-Dupuch, owner of the Tribune. They’re hoping that Mrs. Carron can talk some sense into her son, while preventing him from berating employees over minor infractions.