Ex-FTC Commissioner Sues Two Former Students for Defamation Over Sexual Harassment Claims

Joshua Wright, a former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission and law professor at George Mason University, sued two of his former students last week for $108 million, claiming they defamed him in an article that included allegations that he sexually harassed them, according to court records.

The article was originally published by the website Law 360 article on Aug. 14. Subsequent stories have come out, including one by Bloomberg reporting that at least eight former students, job applicants and staff who worked with Wright over the past 20 years claimed they were subject to sexual and flirtatious advances from him.

Five of the women agreed to be named in the story. Three women reported that they had sexual relationships with him. “He was so good at making you think you need his connections to make it,” one of the former students, Elise Nelson, told Bloomberg.

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