Former UC Davis professor, conductor accused of sex assault
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former conductor of the University of California, Davis, Symphony Orchestra gave up his professor titles amid allegations he sexually assaulted a former student who now works at the university.
D. Kern Holoman, who retired in 2013, relinquished the titles of professor emeritus and distinguished professor Monday after Danny Gray discussed the allegations with administrators and said he planned to write about them on his blog.
The university also revealed that Holoman was suspended for a month in 1997 over a different allegation of “unprofessional conduct” and told he could be fired if he violated the campus sexual harassment policy again.
Grey alleged Holoman sexually assaulted him when he was a freshman in 1987, later raped him and made other romantic and sexual gestures over a period of years. He said his allegations were “badly mishandled” when he told the university about them as a student but that administrators are now supportive.