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Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that regents fired him because they were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos.

The regents voted unanimously during a hastily convened closed meeting Wednesday evening to fire Gow.

After the vote, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and Regents President Karen Walsh issued statements saying the regents had learned of specific conduct by Gow that subjected the university to "significant reputational harm." Rothman called Gow's actions "abhorrent" and Walsh said she was "disgusted." But neither of them offered any details of the allegations.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weird? Eh. I don’t think this sort of thing should be punished between consenting adults. Let’s move forward as a society

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right? Was it not always scandalous if they were unwed? But… they are… what the hell do you think a couple does behind closed doors?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Devil's advocate - is it behind closed doors if it's recorded and shared on the Internet?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Yes. You still have to go and find it. It didn't get emailed to you. They didn't post it to the school website.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So many pearls. So few hands with which to clutch them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Won't somebody please think of the children?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Why is nobody thinking about the children!?!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

This country has zero hope. What a fucking stupid reason to lose a job.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

These sorts of moves don’t tend to happen quickly. The board may be a bunch of pearl clutchers but there may also be more to this story.

In any case, reputational damage is fully subjective and they may have to prove that harm occurred or pay out a huge settlement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A huge settlement for what, exactly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Loss of pay, emotional distress, ect ect

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Loss of pay and emotional distress are fundamental to being fired, I can't see any jury awarding judgments over that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Happens more then you think. Assuming you get the case in front of a jury.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Not gonna get past the judge throwing your case out when your whole case is "I was fired and I don't like it".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Link? 👀

Edit search “sexy happy couple” on xhamster 😳

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That’s dumb. It’s 2023 and people need to:

A. Mind their own business B. Stop worrying about what consenting people do

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago