Jury rules in favor of David Sabatini in sexual misconduct lawsuit

A Suffolk County jury on Friday awarded $6 million in damages to ousted star scientist and former MIT professor David Sabatini, whose profession imploded after he was accused by a a lot youthful colleague of inappropriate sexual conduct in his Cambridge analysis lab.

The decision was a stark rejection of a high-profile #MeToo declare from Kristin Knouse, a fellow scientist who mentioned Sabatini had subjected her to a coercive relationship and fostered a hostile and sexualized office atmosphere in his lab on the world-renowned Whitehead Institute.

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The jury of seven ladies and 6 males directed Knouse — who had introduced her personal swimsuit in opposition to Sabatini — to pay the $6 million verdict, plus curiosity, discovering she had defamed him and interfered together with his capability to make a residing.