Robert S. Tannenbaum, a UK employee, entered a plea of not guilty to charges of incest at his arraignment Wednesday morning in Fayette County District Court under Judge Julie Goodman.
Tannenbaum serves as the director of the undergraduate research office in the undergraduate education office at UK. He was arrested Tuesday and taken to Fayette County jail.
He is charged with four counts of incest with a relative when she was in the 8th grade. The charges state between August 1998 and June 1999 Tannenbaum engaged in deviant sexual intercourse with the alleged victim four to five times a week.
Tannenbaum, 67, was released after posting 10 percent of $30,000 bail and was ordered no contact with the victim or the complaining witness. His next court date is scheduled for March 17 at 8:30 a.m. in district court.
Tannenbaum served as director of Academic Computer Services from 1991 to 2001 and is the editor of “Kaleidoscope,” the UK Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship, according to the UK
Undergraduate Education Web site. He is also the principal investigator for the Appalachian and Minority Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics major programs.
UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton said Tannenbaum has been placed on administrative leave until further notice.
Jeez, what is it with the Professors at UK? You had the one last year that drowned a kitten in a garbage can full of water, now this one was having deviant sexual intercourse with an 8th grader 4-5 times a week. Plus this old boy was on the Executive Committee of the ACLU, I just LOVE that! Yeah buddy, all this must be a requirement for that Top 20 thingy Todd keeps railing about. How about the Professor down in Alabama that shot up her co-workers? All these and other instances just confirm my suspicions that College has gone to the bottom of the septic tank and is not worth the money you spend. The sun is out, have a nice day! lol
I had Dr. T for a class five years ago as a freshman. He is one of the most caring, thoughtful, and intelligent professors I have met at UK. I find it impossible to believe that he is guilty. My heart sank when I read this and I hope that he and his family can get past this.
He may be pleading not guilty, but his beard is pleading guilty to all counts.
Jesus, just think of the abuse his victim suffered from that crusty beard….shudder.