By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Essex County announced that Gnanaseharan Selliah of West Orange was taken into custody and charged with criminal sexual contact and harassment.
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II stated that the defendant, an adjunct professor at Essex County College in Newark, is accused of engaging in sexually inappropriate contact with an adult student in November 2024.
These allegations are merely accusations, County officials said.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they enter a guilty plea or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.