The National Association of Realtors says CEO Bob Goldberg’s sudden departure has nothing to do with a $1.8 billion jury verdict against the organization handed down this week for inflating agent commissions, or widespread complaints of sexual harassment against NAR’s former president.

But there’s no mistaking that the timing was uncanny. And it raises questions about the fate of other top executives—including chief legal officer Katie Johnson, who even before the verdict was facing calls to resign from a group of vocal NAR members who say the organization is in dire need of a leadership and workplace-culture overhaul.

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