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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>Marcello Velez was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>Velez, 56, a Columbia University vice-president, is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 at his New Jersey home on Sunday</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>He is currently being held in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting trial</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>The relationship between Velez and the minor has not been revealed</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>Velez, a civil engineer, is the Vice President for Manhattanville Development at Columbia University </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#392e30"><strong>He is listed as having managed managed, supervised, or otherwise presided over $1 billion worth of capital construction at the school</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Marcello-Velez-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-367047" width="519" height="584"/><figcaption><strong>Marcello Velez, [photo], was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A vice president at Columbia University is facing charges of sexually abusing a child under the age of 13.<br>56-year-old Marcello Velez, was detained on Monday and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. <br> A press release from the Bergen County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office said the Woodcliff Lake Police Department had received a tip that Velez was engaging in sexual acts with the underage child Sunday while in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. <br>Subsequently, a joint investigation by the two agencies confirmed that the sexual liaison had occurred at Velez&#8217;s home in Woodcliff Lake.<br>He is currently being held in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting trial. <br>The relationship between Velez and the minor is not presently known. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Marcello-Velez-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-367048"/><figcaption><strong>Velez [photo], the Vice President for Manhattanville Development at <strong>Columbia</strong></strong> <strong>University has been accused of s<strong>exually assaulting a child under the age of 13 at his home in New Jersey</strong></strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Columbia&#8217;s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.facilities.columbia.edu/marcelo-velez">website</a> states that Velez is the Vice President for Manhattanville Development at the university. <br>&#8216;He serves as the University&#8217;s point person on all aspects of development, design and construction of the University&#8217;s 6.8 million sq. foot Manhattanville in West Harlem campus expansion,&#8217; the website reads. <br>Velez has been at the university since 1995 under a number of titles, with his prior position being the Associate Vice President for Capital Management for the Morningside Campus.<br>He has been with Columbia&#8217;s Manhattanville Development Group since 2007. </p>

Columbia University vice-president, Marcello Velez, 56, charged for sexually assaulting child under the age of 13 at his home in New Jersey
