An award-winning Penn State professor arrested in a nauseating bestiality case has been released after a video surfaced in which he allegedly performed lewd acts in a park, including sticking a tree branch and a lollipop up his buttocks. , is facing further charges.
Themis Matsoukas, 64, has already been charged with indecent exposure, indecent exposure, sexual intercourse with an animal and animal cruelty after police say he was filmed having sex with his pet collie. It had been.
According to the first criminal complaint filed in June, the chemical engineering professor begged officers to kill him, but said the sex act helped him “let off steam.”
Matsoukas now faces additional similar charges for other alleged actions from 55 videos recovered from electronic devices seized in a search warrant. FOX43 reported.
It included a video of the professor naked except for a ski mask. According to an affidavit obtained by Onward State..
He was videotaped masturbating on a picnic table, a lake at the park and on top of a Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) vehicle, according to the affidavit.
Matsoukas was also seen climbing a tree naked and inserting a tree branch, a Tootsie Pop, and the control handle of a DCNR John Deere crawler into his anus, officials said.
The suspect also defecated in a public area of Rothrock State Forest, a maintenance area next to DCNR equipment, and is also suspected of smearing bodily fluids on a glass table at Reese Camp, according to state officials.
The extensive footage was reportedly shot at Alan Seeger State Park, four lease camps surrounded by national forest land, and two private properties, according to an affidavit cited by the newspaper.
Matsoukas was charged with two felony counts each of robbery and trespassing, six misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure, two misdemeanor counts of public indecency, two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, and two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. He was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct.
Huntingdon County District Judge Douglas Gummo released him on $50,000 unsecured bail Monday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 21st.
Defense attorney Matt McClenahen told Center Daily Times “It would be inappropriate to comment outside of court at this time.”
Huntingdon County District Attorney Dave Smith indicated Monday that no additional charges are planned because no other videos have been found.
“To the best of my knowledge, I am satisfied that the investigation has been completed with respect to the filing of additional charges,” Smith said, according to the newspaper.
Matsoukas — Ph.D. A native of Michigan, Matsoukas has been with Penn State University since 1991. He was relieved of his teaching responsibilities and placed on administrative leave after his arrest last year.
A university spokesperson told Onward State on Monday that his status remains unchanged.
The disgraced scholar has written multiple books, published dozens of journal articles and won at least three teaching awards, including the 2017 Premier Teaching Award from the Penn State College of Engineering Alumni Association, the Center said. The Daily Times reported.
In June 2023, Matsoukas was allegedly caught near a restroom in Rothrock State Forest, shirtless except for socks and shoes, engaging in perverted sexual acts with his dog, inviting him to lick his anus. There is.
According to the criminal complaint, he allegedly tried to record himself performing an obscene act on an electronic tablet and was identified from the North Face backpack he was carrying.
When investigators told him he thought he knew why they were searching his home, Matsoukas reportedly replied, “I’m done, I’m dead,” and begged the rangers to shoot him.
“It’s over, I’m dead, you don’t understand, I’m doing it to vent,” he is said to have told them in despair. “How can I get you to shoot me? I need to die.”
