Anti-vaping Crusader Sued for Sexual Harassment

Stanton Glantz has been sued for sexual harassment by a former postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, Buzzfeed reports.

In a year that has seen high profile stars such as Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein accused of serious sexual crimes, Glantz – an outspoken critic of vaping – has been accused of forcing his former subordinate to hug her, repeatedly staring at her body, and displaying “misogynistic and racially insensitive behaviour”.

Glantz's accuser, Eunice Neely, claims that she was forced to leave UCSF due to his actions and the inability or unwillingness of the University to address them. She left her job in 2017.

In late 2016, Neely claims that Glantz described an orgy scene from a film while the pair were alone in a dimly lit room. The complainant had never seen the film in question, but Glantz assumed she had watched it because all of the main characters were black.

She also claims that Glantz had told students

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