Broken views when including a multi-select Person or Group column

I have several document libraries that include a column called Author(s) that allows multiple selections of people. In SP2010 I was able to have views that displayed this column with no problems. Now in SP2013
whenever I try to add this column to a view I get the following:
Sorry, something went wrong
Attempted to use an object that has ceased to exist. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80030102 (STG_E_REVERTED))
I can replicate the error with new libraries and views as well, so it doesn't seem like something related to the upgrade. I can still enter data into this field when uploading a new document, etc.
Any ideas?

Hi Ravi,
According to your description, my understanding is that When you added a person or group type column with multiple selections to a view in SharePoint 2013, an error occurred.
To narrow the issue scope,
Please test with a new site collection and compare the results.
What types of views have you used? Please also test with different kinds of views and compare the results.
For troubleshooting, In the library on which views are breaking, convert
'People or Group' from 'Name with Presence' to 'Name' only. See if the issue still occurs.
Here is a link, you can take a look at:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/05144219-aa4a-49d4-b7f6-31d83e7e97c6/sp2013-upgradation-breaks-all-list-views-with-fieldscontent-types?forum=sharepointgeneral
Best Regards,
Wendy
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