In­de­pen­dent in­ves­ti­ga­tion con­firms sex­u­al ha­rass­ment al­le­ga­tions against Aubrey de Grey

A month af­ter two for­mer col­leagues came for­ward with sex­u­al ha­rass­ment al­le­ga­tions against promi­nent an­ti-ag­ing re­searcher Aubrey de Grey — tak­ing place while one was a mi­nor — an in­de­pen­dent in­ves­ti­ga­tion has cor­rob­o­rat­ed their com­plaints.

Ce­line Halioua and Lau­ra Dem­ing took to Twit­ter and their per­son­al web­sites last month to ac­cuse de Grey of en­gag­ing in preda­to­ry be­hav­ior while they were both stu­dents. Though Halioua and Dem­ing were not named in the in­ves­ti­ga­tion, con­duct­ed by the law firm Van Dermy­den Makus, Halioua con­firmed to End­points News that she is one of the two com­plainants ref­er­enced in the 18-page re­port.

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