A restraining order against LSU School of Veterinary Medicine employee Marc Boudreaux has been extended after a court case slated for Wednesday morning was postponed until Nov. 9.
The new court date will decide whether or not a protective order will be granted to Elizabeth Lum, the University graduate student who filed the restraining order against Boudreaux.
Lum said in the Oct. 17 restraining order that Boudreaux broke into her home on Oct. 14 and stole two laptops and a journal.
Lum said she was sexually abused and harassed by Boudreaux in 2009 and 2010, when he forced her to live with him and another woman and engage in sexual acts or risk losing progress on her Ph.D.
Boudreaux is the assistant director at the Vet School’s Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine Lab, where Lum also works. Lum said he threatened her position at the lab if she did not comply with his demands.
Boudreaux has been on paid administrative leave since the restraining order was granted. Whether or not leave will be extended could not be confirmed by press time Wednesday, according to Ginger Guttner, director of public relations at the Vet School.
The trial was postponed until Nov. 9 after Boudreaux’s attorney, Charles Cusimano, applied for a continuance, said Jennifer Browning, East Baton Rouge Family Court judicial assistant.
Browning said the restraints of the Oct. 17 order will be enforced until it expires the day of the rescheduled trial.
Cusimano could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
 
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