MIT biologist who helped destroy professor's career now claims she's the victim

Kristin Knouse is speaking out after a jury ordered her to pay former MIT professor David Sabatini $6 million for defamation and interfering with his career. The trial also brought out some pretty extraordinary text messages. Knouse told Sabatini she liked sex “hard,” and in a deposition acknowledged she was open to “rougher” sex. She also admitted aggressively pursuing him for sex during a hotel stay. After their relationship ended, she accused him of sexual misconduct and coercion. The jury sided with Sabatini. He lost his lab, his MIT position and a job opportunity at NYU. Now Knouse says she’s the target of a smear campaign and receiving death threats. She plans to appeal. Meanwhile, she’s still teaching at MIT.

So the male professor get sacked immediately with zero evidence.
Yet the female employee has evidence against her that proved she lied but gets kept on 🤔
She should be in jail. But we must belive all women and protect all women no matter what right
— Geoff (@GBanksSmith) November 11, 2026