Tell Them You Love Me: the true story behind the trial of a professor who had sex with a non-verbal man
by Elizabeth Gregory
Jan 24, 2024
4 minutes
Anna Stubblefield, 41, a white tenured professor of ethics at Rutgers University in Newark, found herself on trial in 2015 for two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault. Her alleged victim was Derrick Johnson, 30, a black man who with cerebral palsy and severe mental disabilities who had never spoken in his life.
Anna, who was married with two children, had been working with Derrick, believing that he had mental capacities that went far beyond those declared by the state. She was a disability activist who felt that established communication methods and IQ tests were not fit for many of
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