Jury rules in favor of ex prof whose students accused him of sex trafficking, forced labor

The Breeze-Courier

Jury finds in favor ex-prof accused of exploiting students

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A federal jury has found in favor of a former University of Illinois professor in a lawsuit two women filed accusing him of sexually and emotionally exploiting them when they were his students. The jury in Urbana decided in Thursday’s verdict that the two plaintiffs had not proven their federal claims of gender violence, forced labor, sex trafficking and involuntary servitude against Gary Xu. The jurors also ordered one of th…