Texas professor found dead amid school policy controversy

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A University of Texas professor at the center of a scandal over the school's failure to discipline employees for off-campus crimes has been found dead.

Tenured pharmacy professor Richard Morrisett was discovered in his home Thursday morning.

A statement Friday by Gregory Fenves, president of the University of Texas System's flagship Austin campus, didn't provide a cause of death but said, "We recognize these are difficult times on campus."

Morrisett last year pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend in 2016. The Austin American-Statesman reported recently that he wasn't disciplined by the school.