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Note: This does not condone his actions and he has been placed on administrative leave.
Ohio State University placed Salmon P. Chase Center Assistant Professor Luke Perez on administrative leave after video showed him assaulting a cameraman Monday afternoon.
The Ohio political blog, The Rooster, published video Wednesday of author D.J. Byrnes and documentary filmmaker Mike Newman trying to interview former President E. Gordon Gee inside Smith Laboratory about Ohio billionaire Les Wexner and other topics. In the video, Perez steps in front of Newman to block his access to Gee and then assaults the man, throwing him to the ground.
Gee was hired as a consultant for the Chase Center by OSU President Ted Carter. Part of Gee’s job is trying to recruit professors to work at the Chase Center.
Byrnes regularly tries to interview politicians and prominent figures in Ohio about controversial topics by walking up to them in the hallways of the Ohio Statehouse and Columbus City Hall. He caught Gee as the former Ohio State president was coming out of a men’s bathroom.
After the incident, the two attempted to further question Gee, but were blocked from an elevator by Christopher Green, the associate director of the Chase Center.
The Ohio political blog, The Rooster, published video Wednesday of author D.J. Byrnes and documentary filmmaker Mike Newman trying to interview former President E. Gordon Gee inside Smith Laboratory about Ohio billionaire Les Wexner and other topics. In the video, Perez steps in front of Newman to block his access to Gee and then assaults the man, throwing him to the ground.
Gee was hired as a consultant for the Chase Center by OSU President Ted Carter. Part of Gee’s job is trying to recruit professors to work at the Chase Center.
Byrnes regularly tries to interview politicians and prominent figures in Ohio about controversial topics by walking up to them in the hallways of the Ohio Statehouse and Columbus City Hall. He caught Gee as the former Ohio State president was coming out of a men’s bathroom.
After the incident, the two attempted to further question Gee, but were blocked from an elevator by Christopher Green, the associate director of the Chase Center.
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