Student Conduct Office Finds UC Student Regent Engaged In “Unwanted Touching” « Student Activism

Student Conduct Office Finds UC Student Regent Engaged In “Unwanted Touching” « Student Activism

Student Conduct Office Finds UC Student Regent Engaged In “Unwanted Touching”

by Angus Johnston

The UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct has released its findings in a case that saw UC Student Regent Jesse Cheng arrested — and then released without charges — last fall.

Cheng was accused of attempted rape last October by a woman with whom he had previously had a relationship. He was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual battery a few weeks later, but the district attorney’s office declined to bring charges.

Now, however, the UCI Office of Student Conduct has found that Cheng engaged in “unwanted touching” of a sexual nature, and placed him on probation.