
Mueller recently filed a motion to bar testimony from Lorraine Bayard de Volo, a women and gender studies professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, whom Swift has lined up as an expert to analyze Mueller’s behavior as consistent with perpetrator of sexual assault, according to The Wrap. A trial date has been set for early August, according to People.
According to the site, Bayard de Volo (whom Mueller’s lawyers claim has no experience as an expert witness) is quoted as saying Mueller “felt his job security was threatened, his identity as a radio personality was threatened, and his masculinity was threatened” before he met Swift. “This perfect storm of threats to Mr. Mueller’s perceived status is consistent with the well-settled, academically accepted, perceived threats to status that motivate a man to commit sexual harassment or assault,” states Bayard de Volo in her report, according to the outlet.
Mueller and his girlfriend were participating in a meet-and-greet in 2013 with Swift when he “intentionally reached under her skirt, and groped with his hand an intimate part of her body in an inappropriate manner, against her will, and without her permission.”
After the alleged incident, the star was “surprised, upset, offended, and alarmed” and informed her photographer, tour manager and security team, according to the papers.
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