Former Oregon State Student May Spend A Year In Jail For Allegedly Filming Porn In Campus Library

The video was filmed at the OSU Valley Library during the Fall 2014 semester, but university officials told The Oregonian they only learned about it in late January. The former student - who is not currently enrolled at OSU - was cited for public indecency by campus police on Tuesday.

Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor in Oregon, The Oregonian notes, and the former student now faces up to one year in jail and a fine of $6,250 if she is found guilty.

An OSU spokesperson told The Oregonian that although "the campus library is patrolled by security personnel and campus police, the building is 340,000 square feet and all of it can't be monitored all the time, leaving an opportunity for such incidents to happen."

The former student's video reportedly featured a solo sex act filmed on the sixth floor of the OSU library. Student newspaper The Daily Barometer reports the video was originally uploaded to Pornhub.com, where it has since been removed, and was passed around social media websites, such as Facebook.

This is not the first incident of its kind. In 2012, a woman was discovered to have filmed pornographic videos at multiple libraries on the Cornell University campus.

OSU sent the following statement to Business Insider:

Oregon State University is aware that a former student, who attended the university in fall term 2014, was arrested and cited Tuesday evening for public indecency by the Oregon State Police.

The student was released after being cited.

Issuance of the citation follows an investigation by OSP into the filming of an adult video that reportedly occurred in October in the university's Valley Library.

The university does not condone such behavior. This type of behavior does not represent the values of the university. And it definitely does not represent the values of the more than 30,000 students and 5,000 employees that make up Oregon State University.

Oregon State considers the safety and well-being of all students, employees and campus visitors a top priority.

Valley Library is a-six story public building that occupies more than 340,000 square feet and serves more than 30,000 visitors each week. During overnight hours, two security guards patrol the library and users must provide a valid OSU ID for after-hours admittance. Additionally, the library is routinely patrolled by members of the Department of Public Safety and Oregon State Police troopers - the licensed law enforcement agency for OSU.