The University of Iowa has started a review that could lead to a change in its judicial process for professors put on paid leave while under investigation for misconduct allegations. The university has granted seven such leaves since 2005, including four that are still current, according to Associat
The Johnson County Attorney's offce is seeking a retrial of the case involving University of Iowa professor, Toshiki Itoh, guilty on a charge of abusing his lab assistant.
After a five-day trial, a Johnson County District Court found Toshiki Itoh guilty on two counts of physical assault however the court failed to agree on a charge that he sexually abused his lab assistant.
In the last day of Toshiki Itoh’s exhausting trial for sexually and physically assaulting his lab assistant, the attorneys made their closing arguments and sent the jury out of the courtroom to begin a deliberation process that will continue tomorrow. Referring to a PowerPoint display of photos of t
After University of Iowa professor, Toshiki Itoh claimed self-defense during his trial, the presiding judge decided to halt proceedings after showing signs of frustration.
Testifying in his own defense in Johnson County District Court, Assistant Prof. Toshiki Itoh said Thursday he did not assault and sexually abuse his lab assistant as the woman had alleged earlier in the trial. Itoh, 47, a member of the faculty at University of Iowa’s pathology department, said he ne
University of Iowa medical personnel testified Tuesday that a lab assistant to a professor had been beaten and sexually assaulted by her supervisor numerous times over a period of one and half years in 2007 and 2008. Testifying in the trial of Assistant Professor Toshiki Itoh, 47, who is accused of
In another case involving a University of Iowa faculty member and allegations of sexual misconduct, an assistant professor who has been on paid leave for two years went on trial to face charges that he assaulted and sexually abused his lab assistant. Toshiki Itoh, 47, a faculty member in the Departm
