http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-dean-ethic...
> It remains unclear when top USC officials first learned about the allegations involving Puliafito. But The Times made repeated inquiries over the last 15 months about Puliafito, in some cases describing information reporters had gathered about the dean. USC’s leaders never responded to the inquiries. Numerous phone calls were not returned, emails went unanswered and a letter seeking an interview with USC President C.L. Max Nikias to discuss Puliafito was returned to The Times by courier, unopened.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-usc-dean-pasadena-o...
> “As indicated in the article, initially there was no police report made of the incident,” Mermell said. “There should have been and that was a failure on the part of our responding officer. Once this came to light, [police] undertook an appropriate investigation and ultimately the involved officer was the subject of disciplinary action.”
If he were an actor, maybe this would just make TMZ. But he's not just an actor, he's dean of a prestigious medical school. Just like Trump's tweets aren't front page news until he became president.
No, it wasn't simply a matter of his doing drugs and "hanging around" with younger women. You might want to give the article a closer read.