[Opinion] Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud sues Harvard and her accusers

Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud sues Harvard and her accusers

She's seeking $25 million in a federal lawsuit over defamation and other counts.

Scholar of Dishonesty Accused of Research Dishonesty Sues for Libel, Claiming Accusers Were Dishonest

Prof. Francesca Gino, a celebrated scholar studying dishonesty, was recently put on unpaid leave by Harvard, based on allegations that she had fabricated data in her studies; the allegations had been raised and discussed by three professors who run Data Colada (Uri Simonsohn of ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Leif Nelson of the University of California, Berkeley, and Joseph Simmons of the University of Pennsylvania). Yesterday, in Gino v. Ha…

Honesty researcher facing fraud concerns sues Harvard and accusers for $25 million

Lawsuit filed on Wednesday includes allegations of defamation and sex-based discrimination