ICAC: Peter Rathjen found to have inappropriately touched multiple female employees
Words by Nicholas Birchall
Content Warning: Sexual Assault
After months of speculation, in a brief statement released by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), disgraced former Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen was found to have made unwanted inappropriate advances towards several female colleagues.
This included unwanted touching of their bottoms, and kissing following a university function in April of 2019.
This statement noted that Rathjen had lied both to ICAC and to former Chancellor Kevin Scarce regarding these allegations, and was noted to lie “whenever it suited him to do so.”
The statement also detailed how Scarce had not adequately investigated these allegations at the time.
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