Students reported that professors were retaliated with sexual harassment, and they complained that Harvard was not responsible.

Polar News reporter Manda

Intern Luo Yan

Three graduate students in Harvard filed a lawsuit against their alma mater, on the grounds that a professor at the school had long harassed students and threatened the students to report them. On the 7th, the US Department of Justice supported the lawsuits of three graduate students.

According to Reuters, in January of this year, Harvard University had discovered that a professor named Komarov had sexual harassment that violated professional ethics, allowing him to leave in the spring semester and prohibit him from teaching for compulsory courses.

These sanctions were questioned by some faculty members of Harvard University. Nearly 40 teachers and staff signed an open letter, questioning the investigation, and said Comalov was "excellent colleagues."

A few days after Komarov was vacated, the students filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Boston.

According to Reuters reported on September 8, three students filed a lawsuit. They filed a lawsuit in February this year, claiming that Komarov, a professor of anthropology at the school, kept kissing and stroking the students, and threatened that if the student complained, It will affect their academic career. The three plaintiffs reported to Komarov from Harvard University. They also complained that although the school received a report, they still watched Komarov's revenge, which led to the reporter "unable to find a job."

Harvard University had previously argued that it was only responsible for the school's own revenge, not any faculty and staff in the school.

The U.S. Department of Justice quoted Article 9 of the 1972 Education Amendment to support the three plaintiffs. The clause states that the law should protect students report gender discrimination without having to worry about revenge. The department said that in order to achieve this, the school must protect students involved in Article 9 of the Education Law Amendment to be exempted from revenge and responded effective response to the known employees' retaliation behavior.

The U.S. Department of Justice also urged a federal judge in Boston to reject Harvard University's claims in a court document.

Harvard University has not responded to the decision of the US Department of Justice. Komarov still denied any students. His lawyer said Harvard University did not find that he had revenge on the plaintiff.

Just before the Department of Justice urged the Federal Court of Boston to reject Harvard University, Komarov returned to the first course in the school after more than half a year of administrative leave, which caused protests.

The three students' lawyers Russell Cohenblis issued a statement saying: "I am glad to see the judicial department confirmed that Harvard cannot escape the responsibility of retaliated with their teachers."

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