Marcelo Velez, the vice president for campus development at Columbia University, was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl.
According to a report by the New York Post, a vice president at Columbia University has been arrested over allegations that he sexually assaulted a minor in his home.
Marcelo Velez, a vice president in charge of a campus expansion in West Harlem, New York, allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl on January 2 in a guest room in his home in New Jersey. Shortly after the alleged altercation, Velez left the premises to play golf.
In a statement, Columbia University said that Velez has been placed on administrative leave pending the criminal investigation into his conduct. “We have placed Mr. Velez on administrative leave and will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials investigating this matter,” a university spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
Breitbart News reported in December that Columbia University allegedly failed to disclose a $1 million gift from China’s Communist Party. Rachelle Peterson, the director of policy for the National Association of Scholars, said that Columbia’s relationship with the Chinese government is not surprising.
“Unfortunately Columbia is really par for the course,” Peterson said at the time. “For many years, colleges and universities have been either completely negligent or willfully out of compliance of the law. They have fought transparency at every step of the way.”
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