OSU Ph.D Candidate Grabbed Victim “by the genitals,” — Charged with Sexual Imposition

A Ph.D Candidate at Ohio State was arrested by Uni. Police after grabbing a male student’s genitals inside Thompson Library on Nov. 10th according to the report filed in the Franklin County Municipal Court.

Leidheiser-Stoddard is a 34-year-old graduate teaching associate and has allegedly admitted to Uni. Police that he grabbed the student according to The Lantern. They also have reported that eyewitnesses have placed the sexual assault in The Oval and not the Thompson Library.

OSU has released a statement via several media outlets, “Because this is an ongoing criminal case and the individual is scheduled to appear in court, we cannot share additional details.”

Investigators took comments and witness reports on the scene that corroborated the claims that Stoddard grabbed someone by the genitals. He is scheduled for arraignment on Friday.

[Editor’s note — added a source for clarification, and the report of eye witnesses]

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