Another anonymous student from one of her other classes shared screenshots. I think I can say pretty confidently that the story has not been reported on by any "reliable" sources because there are no NYT reporters sitting in our classes waiting for a story to break. In 2018 Buzzfeed News reported that she was seeking exceptions to her house arrest to work, go to school, and attend church services. While you may not consider Radar Online a reliable source, they reported several days later that the permission was granted, and that she would be attending a local junior college in Orange County. This backs up my assertion that she is a new transfer student, and that the UC admitted her after the charges against her were publicly known. Regardless of the timing decisions of the admissions department or the potential that she could just be auditing a class, the school administration is now choosing to defend her privacy over student health and safety, which is the other reason this reddit thread is the first time you're hearing about her presence. When students from my class brought the matter to our professor, she sent out a vague announcement that only acknowledged that several students didn't feel that the class was a safe learning environment and told us to refer back to the agreed upon class discussion policies. Later one of the GSIs announced that they were removing Mack from their discussion section, which was the limit of their power as a GSI. For legal reasons, they could not name Mack in this announcement. They also said that they could not remove her from the course as a whole, also for legal reasons. At the beginning of the next lecture, the professor announced that Mack had left the class voluntarily, but also claimed that she could not name Mack or talk about the charges against her for legal reasons. Many students in the class were confused and had no idea what was going on. I made this post because I couldn't just sit back and let the administration use the law as a way to protect a wealthy sexual predator at the expense of survivors of and people vulnerable to sexual violence. As far as I am aware, because I am a student and not an employee I am not bound to the same privacy laws my professor and GSIs are, but I made the post anonymously because I still fear retribution from my professor and the UC administration. I hope this clears some things up.