Ex-MIT scientist David Sabatini wins $6M verdict over false assault allegations
kevinnbass · x · 2026-10-29
Pirate Wires publishes an interview with former MIT scientist David Sabatini, who just won $6 million in a landmark defamation case. Accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend in 2020 and branded the 'Weinstein of science,' he lost his funding, job, and went bankrupt despite being once seen as a Nobel contender. In the interview excerpts, Sabatini describes how HHS tried to debar him from federal funding in 2024 — vendors refused to sell him even basic reagents, making research impossible — and notes he still has no NIH grants after receiving them continuously since 1997. Commenters say the interview reveals how total his professional unpersoning was.
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