Court Reinstates Suit Over Prof Calling Student Lewinsky
POSTED: 7:54 a.m. EST December 24, 2003
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Is it sexual harassment to call a young woman Monica Lewinsky?
It could be, according to a federal appeals court.
The court has reinstated a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former student Inbal Hayut against her professor. Hayut charged her professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz repeatedly compared her looks to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
The suit claims political science professor Alex Young called Hayut "Monica" in class and once told her that he would give her a cigar later. It was an apparent reference to allegations that President Bill Clinton used a cigar as a sex toy with Lewinsky.
Young hasn't denied the charges. A lower court had tossed out the case, saying the professor's comments were offensive, but not harassment.
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You cant even joke these days
I mean come on.. Tell him you dont like it.. Tell him it offends you.. But for the love of God dont waste OUR time and money on a lawsuit as silly as this