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==Presidency of The King's College== In August 2010, D'Souza was named president of [[The King's College (New York)|The King's College]], a Christian liberal arts college then housed in the [[Empire State Building]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="tkcpr">{{cite web |url=http://www.tkc.edu/abouttkc/president_pressrelease.html |title=The King's College, ''Press Release'' |publisher=Tkc.edu |date=August 23, 2010 |access-date=November 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905041508/http://www.tkc.edu/abouttkc/president_pressrelease.html |archive-date=September 5, 2010 }}</ref> In 2012, the college relocated to a larger space next door to the [[New York Stock Exchange]] in Lower Manhattan's financial district.<ref name="tkcpr2">The King's College ''press release'' (July 23, 2012). [http://www.tkc.edu/media/newsrelease.asp?id=335 "The King's College Occupies Wall St."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616171236/http://www.tkc.edu/media/newsrelease.asp?id=335 |date=June 16, 2012 }} Accessed August 29, 2012.</ref> On October 18, 2012, D'Souza resigned his post at The King's College following a press report that he—despite being married—had shared a hotel room at a Christian conference with another woman and introduced her to others as his fiancée. D'Souza acknowledged being separated from his wife and having introduced Denise Odie Joseph II as his fiancée at a Christian conference; however, he denied that the two were engaged in an adulterous affair and that he had shared a room with Joseph at the conference, and described the report as "pure libel" that is "worthy of Christian condemnation."<ref name=filmmaker/><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Sessions|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/dinesh-d-souza-resigns-presidency-of-the-king-s-college.html|title=Dinesh D'Souza Resigns Presidency of The King's College|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=October 18, 2012|access-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018203557/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/dinesh-d-souza-resigns-presidency-of-the-king-s-college.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Melissa|last=Steffan|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-as-president-of-kings-college.html?start=1|title=Dinesh D'Souza Resigns as President of The King's College|magazine=[[Christianity Today]]|date=October 18, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920172107/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-as-president-of-kings-college.html?start=1|archive-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> After an investigation by officials at The King's College, D'Souza stated that he had suspended his engagement to Joseph.<ref name="nyt-kings"/><ref name="filmmaker">{{cite web|first=Dinesh|last=D'Souza|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016-obamas-america-filmmaker-i-am-not-having-an-affair|title='2016: Obama's America' filmmaker – I am not having an affair|publisher=Fox News|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=June 25, 2018|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011120559/https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016-obamas-america-filmmaker-i-am-not-having-an-affair|url-status=live}}</ref> After D'Souza's alleged indiscretion became public, the trustees of The King's College announced on October 17, 2012, that D'Souza had resigned his position as president of the university "to attend to his personal and family needs".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Weigel|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/10/18/dinesh_d_souza_parts_with_his_university_job_over_marriage_scandal.html|title=Dinesh D'Souza Parts With His University |date=October 18, 2012|access-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801051711/http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/10/18/dinesh_d_souza_parts_with_his_university_job_over_marriage_scandal.html|archive-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref>
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