Friends told me that a former advisor started a side business counseling couples, and made some of his students pretend to be married participants during larger

Friends told me that a former advisor started a side business counseling couples, and made some of his students pretend to be married participants during larger group sessions. One kicked a PhD student out of her lab after he spoke to a local news reporter about his line of research without her approval. Not even a scientific article, just a personal interview. He started over in a new line of research.