UC President Janet Napolitano is appalled by latest groping case: Berkeley law school dean
Berkeley officials said Wednesday that the university's law school dean, Sujit Choudhry, will be taking an "indefinite leave of absence" after he was sued for sexual harassment by his former executive assistant.
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Choudhry's conduct was reported to the university's Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination, which found in July 2015 that he had violated sexual harassment policies.
The university released a redacted version of the report Wednesday.
"The Respondent admitted to the following conduct towards the Complainant: hugged her; kissed her on the cheek; touched her shoulders and arms from behind while she sat at her desk; squeezed her arms while he passed by her desk and held her hands to his waist," according to the document.
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In his statement, Steele said that after the investigation he docked Choudhry's salary as dean by 10%, required him to engage in counseling at his own expense and instructed him to apologize. He also granted Sorrell a fully paid administrative leave.
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Choudhry previously was a professor of law at New York University and the University of Toronto. He holds law degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Toronto and was a Rhodes Scholar, according to his university biography.
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UC President Janet Napolitano is appalled by latest groping case
March 9, 2016
UC President Janet Napolitano tells The Sacramento Bee editorial board that she is appalled to confront yet another groping case at UC Berkeley, this one against UC Berkeley Law School Dean Sujit Choudhry. Choudhry, a renowned constitutional law scholar, took an indefinite leave of absence as dean after being sued for sexual harassment by his former executive assistant.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article65086572.html#storylink=cpy