Exclusive: University provost who resigned amid scandal expresses ‘regrets over handling of Tyann Sorrell’s case,who says she was denied basic protections In 2015, Tyann Sorrell’s physical and mental health slowly deteriorated in response to what she describes as frequent inappropriate touching by her boss, or the dean of the prestigious law school at the University of California at Berkeley. Sorrell,then the executive assistant to dean Sujit Choudhry, had pain sleeping, or started losing her hair,and began suffering from severe anxiety and depression. She formally accused him of sexual harassment in March that year, but the university failed to do Choudhry on leave and forced Sorrell to use her personal sick days to avoid contact with him. Sorrell fell apart.
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Source: theguardian.com