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===Sexual assault allegations=== <!-- Out of concerns for the privacy of living persons, specific details about the victims of Searle's sexual assaults may be removed. See [[WP:BLP]]. --> In March 2017, Searle became the subject of [[sexual assault]] allegations. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported: "A new lawsuit alleges that university officials failed to properly respond to complaints that John Searle ... sexually assaulted his ... research associate last July and cut her pay when she rejected his advances."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-lawuit-alleges-a-uc-berkeley-philosophy-1490299535-htmlstory.html |last=Watanabe |first=Tessa |title=Lawsuit alleges that a UC Berkeley professor sexually assaulted his researcher and cut her pay when she rejected him |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/23/berkeley-renowned-philosopher-john-searle-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-harassment-by-former-cal-aide |last=Fraley |first=Malaika |title=Berkeley: Renowned philosopher John Searle accused of sexual assault and harassment at UC Berkeley |work=East Bay Times |date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> The case brought to light several earlier complaints against Searle, on which Berkeley allegedly had failed to act.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/john-searle-complaints-uc-berkeley |last=Baker |first=Katie J.M. |title=UC Berkeley Was Warned About Its Star Professor Years Before Sexual Harassment Lawsuit |work=BuzzFeedNews |date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2017-03-23|title=Berkeley: Renowned philosopher John Searle accused of sexual assault and harassment at UC Berkeley|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/23/berkeley-renowned-philosopher-john-searle-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-harassment-by-former-cal-aide/|access-date=2022-02-24|website=East Bay Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The lawsuit, filed in a California court on March 21, 2017, alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and assault and battery and sought damages both from Searle and from the [[Regents of the University of California]] as his employers.<ref name="BuzzFeed" /> It also claims that Jennifer Hudin, the director of the John Searle Center for Social Ontology, where the complainant had been employed as an assistant to Searle, has stated that Searle "has had sexual relationships with his students and others in the past in exchange for academic, monetary or other benefits".<ref name="BuzzFeed">{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Katie J.M. |date=March 23, 2017 |title=A Former Student Says UC Berkeley's Star Philosophy Professor Groped Her And Watched Porn At Work |work=BuzzFeedNews |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/famous-philosophy-professor-accused-sexual-harassment |access-date=March 28, 2017}} Contains facsimile of the suit.<!--which is why BuzzFeed, not normally relied on by WP, is cited--></ref> After news of the lawsuit became public, several previous allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Searle were also revealed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/04/10/earlier-complaints-professor-accused-harassment |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |title=Earlier Complaints on Professor Accused of Harassment |first=Emily |last=Tate |date=April 10, 2017}}</ref> On June 19, 2019, following campus disciplinary proceedings by Berkeley's Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD), University of California President [[Janet Napolitano]] approved a recommendation that Searle have his emeritus status revoked, after a determination that he had violated university policies against sexual harassment and retaliation between July and September 2016.<ref name="HarrPolViol">{{cite news |last=Weinberg |first=Justin |date=June 21, 2019 |title=Searle Found to Have Violated Sexual Harassment Policies |work=Daily Nous |url=http://dailynous.com/2019/06/21/searle-found-violated-sexual-harassment-policies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621142444/http://dailynous.com/2019/06/21/searle-found-violated-sexual-harassment-policies/ |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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