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Ex-DPS
Board
President
arraigned
on sex
charges
DETROIT
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Ex-Detroit
School
Board
President
Otis
Mathis
III
appeared
in court
Tuesday
on
charges
of
sexual
harassment
stemming
from
meetings
with the
former
DPS
Superintendent.
After
standing
mute
Tuesday
in 36th
District
Court to
charges
of
misconduct
in
office
and
obscene
conduct,
the
judge entered
a plea
of not
guilty
on
Mathis's
behalf.
A
$50,000
personal
bond and
ordered
to have
no
contact
with
Superintendent
Teresa
Gueyser,
who
filed
the
complaint
against
him. He
was also
ordered
to
surrender
his
passport
and not
leave
the
state.
Mathis
also was
ordered
to have
no
contact
with
young
children
or
school
board
members.
Neither
Mathis
nor his
attorney
would
comment
to
reporters
after
the
hearing.
A
preliminary
examination
is set
for July
30.
The 55
year old
Mathis
resigned
June 17
after
Teresa
Gueyser's
charges. |