PIXABAY, 12019Update (November 17): A former Dartmouth professor has come forward to say she had reported an incident of sexual harassment involving Todd Heatherton and a student to the associate dean in 2002, Slate reports. Heatherton’s attorney has since released a statement saying that Dartmouth College “was aware of this incident 15 years ago, investigated it, and determined it was accidental and totally unintentional—not a sexual touching at all. Therefore, the College determined that there was no need for any disciplinary action.”
Three professors in Dartmouth College’s department of psychology and brain sciences have been placed on paid leave while an investigation is conducted into allegations of sexual misconduct, prosecutors announced in a statement earlier today (October 31). The researchers, named by Dartmouth as Todd Heatherton, William Kelley, and Paul Whalen, have all been barred from campus property.
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office, “along with the Grafton County Attorney’s Office, the New Hampshire State Police, the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Hanover Police Department, will be conducting a joint criminal investigation into this matter,” the statement reads. “Dartmouth College has pledged to work with this investigation to ensure the safety and well-being of all members of their community.”
The news follows the college’s acknowledgement to ...
