Plagiarist Baron Seeks Political Comeback With Lame Excuses
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg had it all. A young, telegenic defense minister with an actress wife and an aristocratic background, he consistently ranked as Germany’s most popular politician in polls.
It turned out he was a cheat, too. Guttenberg, now 40, resigned in March amid allegations he plagiarized sizeable chunks of his 2006 doctoral thesis. In May, Bayreuth University concluded that he had “seriously violated good academic practice and sought to deceive with intent.”