I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82TxNejKsng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82TxNejKsng. Something more sinister is alluded to. Especially th

I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82TxNejKsng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82TxNejKsng. Something more sinister is alluded to. Especially that the faculty will never reward a degree to Richie. The video doesn't give a definitive explanation, however. But let me give a very wild speculation: Someone suspected plagiarism or just something to be off. That person might have seen a draft copy and thought to himself, this can't be right. They started an investigation. And Ritchie, being a young man really did something bad, perhaps "lending" something. It might be even something not directly related to the thesis. Ritchie was caught red-handed and the punishment was threatening to reject the thesis. Being told this Ritchie didn't submit the thesis. Because shame was involved he never talked about it. Sorry to be such a downer. If this is true, this would be a very sad story of injustice. Perhaps the dean (or similar) was just too strict and powerful and hated Ritchie. The punishment was too severe. Now both are dead and took their stories to the grave. At least, Ritchie had a successful career anyway, and for that I am happy. It's only a speculation based on the video I saw. Caveat emptor.