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Aug. 14 (UPI) -- New York University said it's suspended a
literature professor -- who's also a noted feminist -- for
"inappropriate physical contact" and sending harassing text
messages to former graduate student.
A Title IX investigation by the university found professor
Avital Ronell harassed male student Nimrod Reitman for three
years.
Ronell, 66, a leading feminist scholar, was Reitman's doctoral
adviser.
Reitman, 34, now a visiting fellow at Harvard University, said
Ronell repeatedly called him and sent inappropriate text
messages for three years. He also said she refused to work with
him if he did not comply.
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He also said Ronell kissed and touched him without consent, and
once pulled him into her bed during a trip to Paris.
The investigation led the school to suspend Ronell for the
coming academic year, Washington Square News, the school's
newspaper, reported.
Reitman also accused Ronell of stalking, sexual assault and
retaliation by negatively impacting his professional career. The
university, which examined the case for nearly a year, said it
could not corroborate those claims.
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Ronell said she uses flamboyant language, but denied any
inappropriate physical or verbal conduct with Reitman.
"Our communications -- which Reitman now claims constituted
sexual harassment -- were between two adults, a gay man and a
queer woman, who share an Israeli heritage, as well as a
penchant for florid and campy communications arising from our
common academic backgrounds and sensibilities," Ronell wrote in
a statement to The New York Times. "These communications were
repeatedly invited, responded to and encouraged by him over a
period of three years."
Reitman's attorney, Donald Kravet, said he's drafted a lawsuit
against the university and Ronell, and are considering legal
options.
Fire the lesbian bitch.
Any heterosexual would already be fired and facing criminal
charges.
https://www.upi.com/NYU-professor-feminist-suspended-after- harassment-investigation/7581534268589/
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