Sexuality professor who helped youths in foster care systems is arrested on child sex charges

Dwain Pellebon, 54, arrested for rape and lewd acts
He worked with Court Appointed Special Advocates
Taught social work at Norman's University of Oklahoma

A social work professor who taught students about sexuality allegedly committed rape twice and lewd acts on a child under 16 years old.Dwain Pellebon, 54, of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, worked with a child advocacy group until recently but was arrested last Friday.University staff moved quickly to suspend Pellebon from contact with students but he has not yet officially been charged with anything.

Paid leave: Dwain Pellebon, 54, of the University of Oklahoma, has been arrested for allegedly committing rape twice and lewd acts on a child under 16 years old

He was a director on a local board for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which helps children in juvenile court and foster systems.But Pellebon took a leave of absence from the board earlier this year, a Cleveland County CASA spokesman told The Oklahoman.
Police are now investigating to find if there is more than one alleged victim involved and is on paid leave for now, reported The Oklahoman.But this could be changed to leave without pay when more facts emerge in the case, a university police spokesman said.

University: Pellebon is on paid leave for now, but this could be changed to leave without pay when more facts emerge in the case

‘We can say there is one alleged victim, and we are working to determine if there are any additional victims,’ a police spokesman told KFOR.'We can say there is one alleged victim, and we are working to determine if there are any additional victims'
Police spokesman Pellebon has been arrested by police on two complaints of first-degree rape and one of lewd acts with a child aged under 16..His lawyer Ed Blau told KOTV that Pellabon denies all the allegations against him. Charges are expected to be pressed this week.Pellebon was taken to prison last Friday and released on $75,000 bail, a Cleveland County Sheriff's Office spokesman told The Oklahoma Daily.A university spokesman said they 'acted swiftly to suspend Mr Pellebon from any contact with students and from use of any university facilities'.