Penn State professor who begged cops to kill him when he was busted in bestiality case is hit with new charges of lewd acts in park

An award-winning Penn State professor arrested in a sickening bestiality 
case faces more charges after videos emerged of him allegedly engaged in 
lewd acts in a park — including inserting a tree branch and lollipop in 
his butt.

Themis Matsoukas, 64, was already facing charges of open lewdness, 
indecent exposure, sexual intercourse with an animal and animal cruelty 
after police said he’d been seen on video involved in sexual acts with a 
pet collie.

The chemical engineering professor begged troopers to kill him — while 
saying the sex acts helped him “blow off steam,” according to an initial 
criminal complaint in June.

Matsoukas has now been hit with an additional batch of similar charges for 
other alleged acts from 55 videos found on his electronic devices seized 
on a search warrant, Fox 43 reported.

They included videos of the professor naked apart from a ski mask, 
according to an affidavit obtained by Onward State.

He was captured on video masturbating on a picnic table, in a lake at the 
park and on Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 
(DCNR) vehicles, according to the affidavit.

Matsoukas was also seen climbing a tree while naked, and inserting a tree 
branch, a Tootsie Pop and the control handle of a DCNR John Deere crawler 
in his anus, officials said.

The accused perv also allegedly defecated in public areas of Rothrock 
State Forest and in a maintenance area next to DCNR equipment, as well as 
smeared bodily fluids on a glass table at a lease camp, Onward State said.

The gross footage was reportedly captured at Alan Seeger State Park, four 
lease camps and two private properties surrounded by state forest land, 
according to the affidavit cited by the outlet.

Matsoukas was charged with two felony counts each of burglary and criminal 
trespass, six misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure, two misdemeanor 
counts of open lewdness, two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, and 
six summary counts of disorderly conduct for obscene gestures.

Huntingdon County District Judge Douglas Gummo released him Monday on 
$50,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 21.

Defense lawyer Matt ?McClenahen told the Centre Daily Times in a message 
that it would be “inappropriate for me to comment at this time outside of 
court.”

Huntingdon County District Attorney Dave Smith suggested Monday that no 
additional charges are expected to be filed since no other videos have 
been found.

 “To my knowledge, we’re satisfied that the investigation is complete with 
regard to the filing of additional charges,” Smith said, according to the 
outlet.

Matsoukas — who earned his Ph.D. from Michigan and was with Penn State 
since 1991 — was relieved of his responsibilities as a professor and put 
on leave after his arrest last year.

His status remains unchanged, a university spokesperson told Onward State 
on Monday.

The disgraced academic has written multiple books, published dozens of 
journal articles and won at least three teaching awards, including the 
Premier Teaching Award from the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society in 
2017, the Centre Daily Times reported.

In June 2023, Matsoukas was allegedly caught naked from the waist down — 
except for socks and shoes — committing perverted sex acts with his dog, 
which he enticed to lick his anus, near bathrooms at Rothrock State 
Forest.

He allegedly tried to record himself performing the lewd acts with an 
electronic tablet, and was identified through a North Face backpack he had 
been carrying, according to a criminal complaint.

When investigators told him they thought he knew why they were searching 
his home, Matsoukas reportedly replied, “I’m done, I’m dead” — and begged 
rangers to shoot him.

“I’m done, I’m dead, you don’t understand, I do it to blow off steam,” he 
was quoted as telling them in despair. “What do I have to do to get you to 
shoot me? I need to die.”

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