OU Professor Charged with Sex Abuse (Dec 19, 2011) NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A suspended University of Oklahoma professor has been formally charged with rape and other sex crimes involving teenage girls. Online court records show 54-year-old social work professor Dwain Pellebon was charged Monday in Cleveland County with two counts of first-degree rape, two counts of sexual abuse and two counts of committing lewd acts with a child under 16. Pellebon has denied the allegations. The court records do not list an attorney for him. Affidavits filed in the case say a 13-year-old girl said she saw Pellebon abuse another 13-year-old girl. Also, a mentally disabled 15-year-old girl told investigators Pellebon had raped her at least twice. The affidavits do not say where the alleged abuse occurred. Pellebon is on paid leave from the university. Â « back |