Student files sexual harassment lawsuit alleging Morehouse College faculty member ‘known for exchanging grades for sex’ groped him on a flight
A Morehouse College student has brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against the college claiming that a faculty member groped him on an airplane during a trip to Brazil and the school failed to do anything about it.
The unidentified student said assistant professor Robert Peterson ordered the student, who was a minor, alcoholic drinks on a flight for a study-abroad trip to Brazil. Peterson groped his genitals on the flight, the student’s attorney said in the complaint. Peterson ordered alcoholic drinks for other underage students at a pool party during the trip and sent sexually explicit photos to students, according to the complaint, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Peterson was known as a professor that exchanged good grades for sex,” the complaint says.
The student said he filed a formal complaint in December 2017, but Morehouse said it didn’t receive the complaint. The student resubmitted the complaint in January.
Documents filed by the student’s attorney said Peterson was put on administrative leave. And while an external investigator recommended termination. He is still listed as an assistant sociology professor on the college website.
