Iowa Professor Gave Female Students A's in Exchange for Sexual Favors

I'm pretty sure I've seen this movie. I think it was called Sorority Whore Science Fair.

No wait-- it was Sorority Whore Science Fair II -- Redox.

A University of Iowa professor accused of fondling female students in exchange for giving them "A's" in his class had been put on paid administrative leave.

Arthur Miller, a political science professor, was charged with four counts of bribery after he allegedly asked female students to let him fondle them in return for better grades.

University spokesman Steve Parrott said the university is conducting its own investigation, separate from the criminal case. Meanwhile, Miller is on paid leave and has been barred from having any contact with students until the criminal case is resolved, Parrott said.

Miller was arrested on Friday and released from jail on Saturday.

Police said he allegedly asked to touch the breasts of four female students between May 8 and 13. In return, he would give the students "A's" in his class.

Miller's wife, Natasha Ivanova, said she doesn't believe the allegations.

"The whole situation is very sad for us," Ivanova said. "I believe these accusations are false. We, as a family, are looking forward to the day all of these charges are dropped and his name is cleared."

Professor Miller says he will not spend his suspension idly. He plans to conduct a large-scale political survey, a project funded with a $150,000 grant given to him by his good friend Fred Baron. "I just feel it is my duty to support this family, and to advance the cause of political science research generally," Mr. Baron told a reporter, as he stuffed thirty-five hundred dollars into the reporter's chest pocket. "That's for your daughter Amelia's orthodontics," Mr. Baron quipped. "And also, she'd like a pony."

That last paragraph cannot be confirmed at this time.

posted by Ace at 03:15 PM

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