A secret USC payout had a catch: Images of ex-dean using drugs had to be given up

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Sep. 30, 2021 A secret USC payout had a catch: Images of ex-dean using drugs had to be given up The family of a young woman who had a drug-fueled relationship with a former USC dean received $1.5 million as part of a legal agreement to head off a lawsuit against him and the university, The Times has learned. But one provision of settlement was not common, according to legal experts: To receive the money, the family had to turn over to USC all of their videos and photographs showing Carmen Puliafito using illegal drugs to allow the university to destroy them. The Times could not determine if USC retained copies of the images. Read more

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