>>3407633https://medium.com/@LoriHandrahan2/professors-staff-arrested-for-trading-in-child-rape-6c39fcf62a9ePeter Kiwitt, a 59-year-old assistant professor of film at Rochester Institute of
Peter Kiwitt
Technology (RIT), was arrested, 21 December 2016, on child pornography related charges and convicted of child pornography possession on 13 April 2017.
Kiwitt was sentenced to 180 days to be served on weekends at Monroe County Jail and 10 years of supervised released.
Although Title IX complaints were reportedly filed against him and the student paper reported “many students reported submitting teacher evaluations including comments and accusations about Kiwitt’s inappropriate behavior in and outside of the classroom,” the university awarded Kiwitt tenure status. Kiwitt is no longer employed at RIT. RIT will not disclose if Kiwitt was on paid or unpaid leave after his arrest or if he was allowed to resign with full benefits or was terminated.
Baby Head Productions
Prior to joining RIT Kiwitt was a professor at Elon University in North Carolina and before that he worked in Hollywood as a director, writer and producer including as Director of Creative Affairs at MGM Television. Kiwitt won awards for a film he directed called Silent Lies which Variety described as “a tale of brutal sexual abuse” of a young girl produced by Baby Head Productions. As of 21 November 2017, he retains his membership with the Directors Guild of America despite being a registered sex offender. In Los Angeles (LA) Kiwitt also volunteered with inner-city children in the LA school system.
