Worker accused of masturbating in Tulane office sues university after campus police shot h

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A former Tulane contract worker is suing the university because campus police shot him while trying to arrest him for allegedly masturbating in an office and forcing a co-worker to watch.

Taivon Aples alleges that Tulane subjected him to excessive force and therefore violated his civil rights, though campus police say an officer only opened fire after Aples began driving a car toward the cops.

In a lawsuit filed Sept. 8 in U.S. District Court, Aples demands damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish and emotional distress, among other things.

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The previously unexplained shooting of a contract worker by Tulane University police officers in September was followed by a bizarre incident in which the worker showed up on campus to pick up a paycheck and forced another employee to watch him masturbate, authorities said.

Tulane police said Aples on Aug. 23 went to the second floor of the Lavin-Bernick Center and entered the office suite of the dining services provider Sodexo.

Aples allegedly told an employee at the office that he was waiting for his orientation check. Police said the employee had walked back to his office when Aples suddenly showed up in the doorway. According to police, Aples stared at the other employee, exposed himself and began masturbating.

The alarmed employee picked up the telephone to call police when Aples told him, “Don’t (expletive) do anything,” court records state. The employee hung up, fearing Aples would attack him if he didn’t. Meanwhile, Aples continued masturbating and fled upon finishing the act, police alleged.

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