CCSU student accused of
cheating

Waterbury (AP) - A former student at Central Connecticut State University, expelled over cheating allegations, is getting his day in court.

Testimony has begun in the case of Matthew Coster, who claims that another student copied his college term paper on the Holocaust, not the other way around.

Coster's Western civilization professor and officials at CCSU found that he had cheated and expelled him in 2006.

Coster has continued his education at a community college. He and his family have sued Cristina Duquette, the student whose paper Coster is accused of stealing.

Coster and Duquette both took the stand Tuesday in Waterbury Superior Court. Duquette denies she copied Coster's paper.

The trial is expected to wrap up by the end of the week.