Rabat – The trial of five professors involved in the “sex for grades” scandal that shook the Hassan I University of Settat on September, is postponed to next Wednesday, December 8.
Initially scheduled for yesterday, December 2, the trial was postponed to allow defense lawyers to prepare their pleadings.
The professors in question are the head of the Public Law department, a professor of Political History, an Economics professor, the coordinator of the university’s Public Finance Law Master’s program, and the head of the Economics department.
The five professors were charged with assault, violence, harassment, and incitement to corruption.
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The charges are based on leaked conversations between the accused professors on social media platforms where they discussed sextortion of female students for extra credits.
The public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Settat had decided to prosecute the economics professor accused of “having asked for sexual relations against good grades” to one of his students.
The professor is currently under pre-trial arrest at the local prison of Settat and will be tried for violence and sexual harassment.
Investigations identified the four other professors who allegedly played a role as mediators in the sextortion plot.
The king’s attorney general decided to refer the four professors to the king’s prosecutor at the Settat Court of First Instance.
The head of the public law division and the professor of political history are being prosecuted under arrest for sexual harassment, incitement to corruption and gender discrimination, among others.
Meanwhile, the coordinator of the university’s Public Finance Law Master’s program, and the head of the Economics department have been temporarily released on bail.
In Morocco, sexual harassment is subject to a prison sentence ranging from one to two years and a fine of MAD 5,000 ($538) to MAD 50,000 ($5386).
