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

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.
Per The Associated Press, 77-year-old Boren is under investigation by the university, who hired the renowned Atlanta-based lawfirm Jones Day to conducted an internal investigation into whether Boren sexually harassed male subordinates during his tenure as president. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has launched its own into the matter, as well.
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Before becoming the president of OU in 1994, Boren, a member of the Democratic Party, served as governor of Oklahoma from 1975-79 and then as a senator for the state from 1979-1994. He stepped down from the university's presidency last year.
Boren has denied the allegations made against him.
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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.
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