Columbia professor is charged with with incest[...] (political science prof.)

NY Daily News ^ | 20 October 2011 | Melissa Grace

[Feline_AIDS]

A popular Columbia professor was charged Thursday with incest - accused of a sick sex relationship with a female relative, prosecutors said.

Political science Prof. David Epstein, 46, bedded the young woman over a three-year period ending last year, according to court papers.

He was arraigned before a Manhattan judge on a single felony incest count.

"We ask that everyone remember that he is innocent until proven otherwise and that these allegations are nothing more than allegations," said Epstein's defense lawyer Matthew Galluzzo.

University spokesman Robert Hornsby said that Epstein "is now on administrative leave and will not be teaching students."

Epstein, who specializes in American politics and voting rights, has taught at Harvard and Stanford and often is quoted by news organizations. He also has blogged on The Huffington Post.

Sources said the victim was over 18 when the relationship began in 2006 and that the two often exchanged twisted text messages.

Epstein faces up to four years behind bars if convicted.

He was released on his own recognizance.

[stuartcr]

In a number of states, you can marry your cousin.

[stuartcr]

Yet it’s legal to marry your first cousin in NY

[RichInOC]

Heard on the Hudson:

“Row faster. I hear banjos.”

[Uncle Miltie]

Remember: THERE IS NO SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!!!

[skinkinthegrass]

Epstein, who specializes in American politics and voting rights, has taught
at Harvard and Stanford and often is quoted by news organizations.
He also has blogged on The Huffington Post.

hmmm...Figures, In the spirit of "Swimmer" Kennedy...
Another Ivy -League Liberal / Marxist got caught...

[skinkinthegrass]

Heard on the Hudson: “Row faster. I hear banjos.”

[shoff]

Come on you can’t be hard on the guy he is a professor. Don’t you know they are better than us? Don’t you know the rules like taxes, immigration, incest, and driver’s licenses are only for the masses. We should protest this type of treatment I am sure the police acted stupidly. Free Epstien in time for Nov 2012 we need every vote!!

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[stylin19a]

not sure how to read that...only blood relatives ? related through marrage ? my SIL is off limits ?

but more importantly, are cousins in or out ?

and if they were both male, (or female) would it be ok ?

[RobinOfKingston]

The man had the misfortune to be only about a decade ahead of his time.

[Verginius Rufus]

New York takes it name from the Duke of York, later King James II. James II’s daughter Mary married her first cousin, William of Orange. (William’s mother was a sister of James II.) They later ruled as King William III and Queen Mary II.

[Feline_AIDS]

Aww come on now. It’s just another ‘choice’, another ‘alternative’ lifestyle. Why are they being so hard on the guy? It apparently was consensual and really, it isn’t anybody’s business what they did in the bedroom.

Read the comments on the article. You pretty much got it word for word. People are sick.

[Outlaw Woman]

People are sick.

Indeed they are. There is only one thing that keeps man from devolving into animals; that is God. Since our society has decided to obliterated all references to Him, this is what we wind up with.