The former University of Oklahoma president has been accused of sexual misconduct by a former student

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A former University of Oklahoma student accused the university’s former president, David Boren, of inappropriately touching and kissing him when he worked for Boren as a teaching aide, several news outlets reported on Friday.

The accuser, Jess Eddy, now 29, told NonDoc — an Oklahoma City-based media organization — that the incidents occurred multiple times on campus a decade ago.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.