Word: afrasiabi
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...Kaveh L. Afrasiabi was arrested and incarcerated for suspected extortion from a research associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies last January. The Middlesex County district attorney's office dropped all charges against him in April...
...Afrasiabi said that even though the charges and an accompanying restraining order were dropped, Harvard attempted to bar him from University property...
...current suit against Harvard stems from letter from Chief of Police Francis D. "Bud" Riley prohibiting him from entering any Harvard property and threatening him with prosecution for criminal trespass for violating the order, Afrasiabi said...
Since his arrest, incarceration and the eventual dismissal of the case against him, Afrasiabi has authored a book about his troubles called Letter to Rushdie: Report on a Harvard Conspiracy, which, he said, has sold several hundred copies...
...Afrasiabi said that he may consider dropping the lawsuit against the University, Graham and Mottahedeh if they recant their previous accusations and publicly apologize...