{"id":193096,"date":"2019-08-12T07:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T07:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193096"},"modified":"2019-08-14T05:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:49:58","slug":"victim-of-pervert-scots-professor-hits-out-at-uni-bosses-for-whitewashing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193096","title":{"rendered":"Victim of pervert Scots professor hits out at uni bosses for ‘whitewashing’ investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gordon Blackstock \u2013 Daily Record Aug 11, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Prof. Kevin O\u2019Gorman. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

A victim of a depraved professor has criticised university<\/a><\/strong><\/span> bosses for \u201cwhitewashing\u201d an internal investigation that allowed the lecturer to carry on offending.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser Blevins, who has bravely waived his right to anonymity, is one of at least eight victims of disgraced Kevin O\u2019Gorman.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 45-year-old lecturer was found guilty last week of abusing young male students in a groundbreaking #MeToo case.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has since been revealed Strathclyde University<\/a><\/strong><\/span> chiefs carried out a probe into O\u2019Gorman\u2019s behaviour in 2011 following a complaint by another student\u2019s parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he was allowed to move to Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, where he took up a promoted post, during the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strathclyde University even paid him an undisclosed five-figure \u201cgolden goodbye\u201d and gave him a glowing reference as he made the move.<\/span><\/p>\n

Married dad-of-two Fraser, now 32, said: \u201cStrathclyde Uni management were aware of what he was like. He was notorious with all students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me sick to think Strathclyde shifted him to another uni and paid him off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIts internal investigation must have been a whitewash.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had sacked him like they should have, he would have been stopped there and then and wouldn\u2019t have gone on to hurt other students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Gorman was convicted of abusing eight male students but Fraser fears there could be more victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Fraser told how O\u2019Gorman visited his flat and whipped him with his belt on the understanding he would help him get back into Strathclyde University after dropping out.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt was like an out-of-body experience. After it happened, I buried the whole thing deep down.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to explain. It would never happen to me now. I\u2019d kill him or anyone who tried it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just kept thinking, \u2018If I do this he\u2019s going to help me\u2019. I heard him taking off his belt and then he<\/span>
\nstarted hitting me.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I couldn\u2019t believe it was happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe struck me at least 10 times and it was really painful.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed to go on for ages.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter he stopped, he was really out of breath.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe said I would feel good now and he\u2019d had it done to himself before.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a few minutes, he left and I was left feeling really confused and had bad bruises.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser added: \u201cI just buried what happened deep down.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, I felt like an idiot and ashamed of myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I was a lot younger and easily manipulated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to get back into university so as not to disappoint my parents and get my life on track. He exploited that vulnerability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser first met O\u2019Gorman when he enrolled at Strathclyde University in 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Gorman was doing his doctorate at the time and lectured hospitality management students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glasgow-based Fraser said: \u201cHe would have been about 30 then but looked a lot older. I was just out of school and 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was balding and dressed like an academic but he was pretty popular with the students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO\u2019Gorman seemed a good guy, open to chatting, and was quite eccentric \u2013 he wasn\u2019t your usual stuffy<\/span>
\nacademic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser found the course tough going and decided to leave at the end of his first year, despite O\u2019Gorman trying to persuade him to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n

After moving to South Africa, where his parents lived, he was given the opportunity to restart his studies and rejoined the course in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser said: \u201cKevin was different.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe became much closer and he mentored me. However, he was a lot more tactile.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was touching when you got close to him in classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really creepy \u2013 everyone thought so. He was definitely overstepping the mark.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut it wasn\u2019t just me. Other students talked about it too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one really thought it was sexual behaviour or he was being a predator. We actually all sort of dismissed him as asexual.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was pretty active online and added me on a social media site.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fraser decided to leave the course again, this time in his second year.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cLooking back, I was struggling with some mental health issues and probably wasn\u2019t mature enough to cope with it all.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d just started second year but then thought the course wasn\u2019t for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents were in South Africa and I didn\u2019t have any real emotional support in Scotland \u2013 apart from Kevin.<\/span><\/p>\n

QC will look into case of O’Gorman<\/h3>\n

We asked Strathclyde University a number of detailed questions about the O\u2019Gorman case.<\/span><\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t answer them individually but instead said a review would be launched.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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