LAWSUIT: Gay Male Sues NYU Fem Prof. Claims She Assaulted Him while Boasting of Mafia Capabilities to Silence Him
Nimrod Reitman, is suing his doctoral adviser Feminist Professor Avital Ronell for sex assault; and New York University for failing “to take any action and thus prevent further harm to Reitman.” Reitman accused Ronell, an internationally renowned feminist literary theorist and philosophy professor, of sexually harassing, assaulting and stalking him for three years, the suit reads:
‘Throughout Reitman’s time at NYU, Ronell would touch, grab, fondle, and kiss Reitman (over his objections), and often demanded that he act in kind, otherwise she would refuse to work with him. She also demanded that he communicate with her in over-the top, effusive language, including that he constantly express his love for her, and his failure to do so would result in Ronell angrily reprimanding him and refusing to work with him….[It] devastated him and caused serious damage that he will likely suffer for years to come. Ronell created a false romantic relationship between herself and Reitman and by threat of, among other things, not allowing him to advance his Ph.D., asserted complete domination and control over his life.’
After getting his Ph.D., Reitman filed a Title IX complaint against Ronell, which included “witness interviews, e-mail messages, text and voice-mail messages, photographs.” The school upheld the sexual harassment claims but not the assault or stalking.
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