Appeal rejected; Southern University Board votes to fire vice chancellor amid sex tape controversy

Southern University's Board of Supervisors Friday upheld the firing of Vice Chancellor Brandon Dumas, who was terminated by the system president earlier this week amid a campus sex tape scandal.

The Board voted 9-6 against his appeal after a lengthy conversation with Dumas and his attorney behind closed doors.

Dumas has been on administrative leave from Southern University since June 23 – two days after at least two sexually explicit videos spread throughout Southern University alumni circles and the school announced it was investigating whether the videos constituted a cyber crime involving an employee and a student. The videos were each less than 10 seconds and appeared to be taken on the smart phone app Snapchat. They originally appeared on the porn site Xtube but have since been taken down.

On Thursday, Belton announced Dumas would be terminated effective Aug. 10. But Dumas immediately gave his intentions to appeal to the board.

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