University fires professor jailed after drug conviction in Argentina
Source: The News & Observer
University fires professor jailed after drug conviction in Argentina
By JAY PRICE
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)May 23, 2014
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has fired the 70-year-old physics professor who was arrested in 2012 after flying to Argentina to meet who the woman who he thought was Miss Bikini World, and instead was arrested by drug agents after getting entangled in a scheme to smuggle 2 kilos of cocaine.
Paul Frampton is soon expected to be released from prison in Argentina, where he has been confined since his arrest at the Buenos Aires airport when the drugs were found in the lining of a suitcase that he was carrying.
After his arrest, Frampton, who was the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC, instantly was transformed from superstar particle phenomenologist with three Oxford University degrees to international tabloid fodder.
Chancellor Carol Folt fired him this month for misconduct and neglect of duty, according to a letter to Frampton in care of his Chapel Hill attorney. The letter was released to The News & Observer on Friday after a public records request.
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There was a long, long piece about it in the NYT Sunday Magazine a few years back. Crazy, crazy, and absolutely fascinating. I'm surprised he's only being fired now.
ON Edit: Here's that feature piece. It's a lot of fun to read, if you have the time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/magazine/the-professor-the-bikini-model-and-the-suitcase-full-of-trouble.html?pagewanted=all
A world-renowned physicist meets a gorgeous model online. They plan their perfect life together.
But first, she asks, would he be so kind as to deliver a special package to her?
