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UPDATE: UI professor says he was acting as journalist while recording in bathroom

UPDATE, 10 p.m.:

CHAMPAIGN — A University of Illinois professor arrested Monday night for allegedly videotaping a former unofficial Chief Illiniwek portrayer in a bathroom at State Farm Center has been put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.

A statement from the UI said that Jay Rosenstein, professor of media and cinema studies, allegedly admitted to videotaping a person in a public restroom and was arrested by UI police for unauthorized videotaping, though he was ultimately not charged in the incident.

"If the allegations against Prof. Rosenstein are accurate, they do not comport with the university's Code of Conduct.