A former Columbia University employee says he went on a wild spending spree using school money as revenge for being molested by his male supervisor there.
John Bzdil III claims in court papers that the university ignored his complaints about “continuing sexual abuse” by then-financial director Cesar Rodriguez.
Bzdil, 34, says the situation led to depression, heavy drinking and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“As a result, I tried to ‘punish’ the university,” he wrote in a letter filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court.
Bzdil faces a recommended 21 to 27 months behind bars for scamming $180,000 in phony expenses as manager of Columbia’s Pediatric Neurosciences Department.
Rodriguez, 62, denied molesting Bzdil and accused him of concocting the claim to avoid prison. “When you are desperate, you’ll do whatever you have to,” Rodriguez told The Post.
A Columbia spokeswoman declined comment.