[This story has been updated from a previous version.]
Ed Vaughan, a retired theater professor, was accused by a student of sexual imposition in May 2013. The case was not filed in Franklin County Municipal Court until August of the same year. Otterbein’s police department refused to release the incident report to Otterbein360.com.
Otterbein360.com requested and obtained the incident report from the Westerville City Prosecutor Michael Fultz. The report included a three-page OPD report and a two-page victim statement.
The victim statement described the incident with Vaughan. The victim wrote that other students and professors were present when the incident occurred.
Vaughan, now retired, pleaded no contest to charges of sexual imposition, unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct Nov. 12 in Franklin County Municipal Court. Vaughan is to be sentenced on Jan. 9, 2014 by Judge Scott D. VanDerKarr. Sexual imposition is a third-degree misdemeanor under Ohio law and carries a maximum jail term of 60 days and up to a $500 fine.
A no-contest plea means that Vaughan accepted the facts presented by the prosecutor but did not plead guilty. Vaughan was ordered to stay away from the incident location.
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