UC Berkeley Law School Dean Who Admitted to Sexually Harassing Female Employees Is Being Sued
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A complaint filed on Tuesday against University of California Berkeley Law School dean Sujit Choudhry and the University of California Board of Regents alleges that Choudhry sexually harassed his executive assistant beginning in 2014. In the lawsuit, Choudhry’s executive assistant Tyann Sorrell claims that he began kissing and touching her once he became dean.
The Washington Post reports:
“Choudhry’s kissing and hugging plaintiff was a near daily occurrence,” she said in the lawsuit. “Choudhry’s conduct made plaintiff feel disgusted, humiliated, exposed and dirty. She wondered what she had done to make him think it was OK for him to touch her.”
Sorrell is suing on eight counts, including sexual harassment, failure to take “reasonable steps,” and failure to follow mandatory statutory duty. The latter claim results from an investigation of Choudhry by UC Berkeley’s Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination in July 2015. The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper, reports that during that investigation, Choudhry admitted to “hugging, kissing, messaging or caressing Sorrell at least multiple times per week.” He also admitted to sexually harassing other female employees.