ABC 13
It happens all the time. You work hard, but you still fall behind in class. It’s what happened to one Prairie View A&M university student.
But then, she says, things took a turn. Now, she is alleging in a lawsuit against her former professor that he pressured her for sex in exchange for an A.
“I was depressed in the beginning,” said Lisa Mims, the plaintiff.
During the winter of 2013, Mims was about to fail her computer science class.
In her statement to police, she says she met with her professor, 76-year-old J.D. Oliver, several times about her grade. In one meeting, Mims alleges Oliver cornered her and squeezed her breast and said he would give her an A if she met him at a hotel. read more…