There’s a lurid story that’s been percolating for months in the antitrust world, which came to light through reporting by The Wall Street Journal’s Brody Mullins.

In three front page stories, Mullins wrote about a former U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official and George Mason University professor named Joshua Wright, who was fired last year after multiple women came forward publicly alleging Wright had used his various positions of power to induce sexual relations with them. According to the accusations, Wright was able to advance the careers of students at law firms and in government, and did so, based on whether they were sleeping with him.