December 5, 2003
Videotape Persuades Jury to Find Professor Liable for Sexual Harassment
A federal jury in Philadelphia found a professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania liable for sexually harassing a student, who proved her accusations, in part, with a videotape she had secretly made with a tiny camera concealed in a notebook. The jury awarded her damages of $120,000 after the judge absolved the university of liability.
The professor, Jamal Ghoroghchian, a former chairman of the chemistry department, tried to touch and kiss the student when she went to his
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