Amherst College slapped with sex allegations by ex-lecturer

AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College has responded to a raunchy wrongful-dismissal lawsuit by describing its allegations – that a supervisor urged female teaching assistants to have sex with students to boost enrollment in Spanish classes – as "frivolous," and by asserting that the lecturer who sued was legitimately let go. The allegations, if true, echo previous instances involving using sex to charm athletes into joining collegiate teams and speak to the increasingly prevalent attitudes towards o

AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College has responded to a raunchy wrongful-dismissal lawsuit by describing its allegations – that a supervisor urged female teaching assistants to have sex with students to boost enrollment in Spanish classes – as "frivolous," and by asserting that the lecturer who sued was legitimately let go. The allegations, if true, echo previous instances involving using sex to charm athletes into joining collegiate teams and speak to the increasingly prevalent attitudes towards o…