Blake Bailey, author of a much-hyped biography of Philip Roth, has been accused by four more women of sexual harassment and abuse, while he was teaching at a university in Virginia.
Woman who was raped by Philip Roth biographer reveals he taught said when she was 12 and after the sex attack said you really can t blame me, I ve wanted you since the day we met
Blake Bailey, 57, has been accused of grooming students as young as 12 and 13 during a stint as a teacher at Lusher High School in New Orleans
His former student Eve Crawford Peyton has now come forward with further allegations against the disgraced author
She alleges that he raped her in his hotel room during a book tour in Louisiana in June 2003
Blake Bailey, 57, published the only authorized biography of Roth on April 6
The book, a decade in the writing, was one of the publishing events of the year
On Wednesday the publishers took the extraordinary step of pulling the book
Two women accuse Bailey of rape, and five more former students spoke out
One woman claims he raped her in 2015 at a friend s house in New Jersey
The other, a former student, said he raped her in a hotel in New Orleans in 2003
Bailey has denied the allegations and threatened to sue for libel
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Originally published on December 17, 2020 8:29 pm
COVID-19 cases reported by New Orleans public schools were down this week, but not by much. The district reported 76 active cases across 39 schools compared to 80 active cases the week before.
As the district moves further away from its post-Thanksgiving case spike, some numbers are still moving in the wrong direction. The number of students and teachers in quarantine was back up this week, with 769 people isolating at home due to possible exposure compared to 712 the week before.
The district has yet to implement any new restrictions since students began returning to the classroom in September and said they won’t do so until city-wide metrics demonstrate clear trends.