Ben AllenJan 29, 2023

Boston Globe spotlight team has a whole investigation on #DavidSabatini, purportedly showing how he was treated unfairly in a rush to #MeToo judgment. Part one (of three?) came out today, containing excerpts of text messages between him and the postdoc he was secretly dating.

I'm not sure how any of this is supposed to make me feel sympathy for Sabatini. He used a junior member of his institute (though not a direct subordinate) for sex, and dropped her when he got bored.

VICE NewsMay 3, 2022
Biologist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Withdraws from Consideration at NYU https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkpnyy/biologist-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-withdraws-from-consideration-at-nyu #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #whiteheadinstitute #sexualmisconduct #highereducation #DavidSabatini #nyu #MIT
Biologist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Withdraws from Consideration at NYU

Facing protests from the NYU student body and some staff members, David Sabatini called the accusations against him “false, distorted, and preposterous.”

VICE NewsApr 29, 2022
In Secret Meeting, NYU Defends Potential Hiring of Researcher Accused of Sexual Misconduct https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7vyyv/in-secret-meeting-nyu-defends-potential-hiring-of-researcher-accused-of-sexual-misconduct #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #whiteheadinstitute #sexualmisconduct #nyumedicalschool #cancelculture #DavidSabatini #nyulangone #MIT
In Secret Meeting, NYU Defends Potential Hiring of Researcher Accused of Sexual Misconduct

NYU leaders have gone to extraordinary lengths to defend a researcher accused of sexual misconduct, acting as a functional PR team for him to their own community.