Adam Key, a law student at Pat Robertson’s Regent University, has been banned from campus and ordered undergo a mental health evaluation for posting a screen-capture of a “video in which Robertson scratches his face with his middle finger.”

Robertson told the AP that, “in general, no action should be taken against anyone who exercises their freedom of speech and expression, and that includes criticism or satire of the chancellor.” Adding, however, that “the school did not feel that deliberately manipulating a television image to turn it into something obscene was included in that freedom.”

When the university was made aware of the “unflattering” photo of Robertson, “officials demanded that [Key] publicly apologize, then withhold public comment about the matter, or submit to the law school dean a legal brief defending the posting. Key chose the latter, arguing that his posting was satire protected under the First Amendment, and said [the university] rejected his written legal brief.”

The University said in a letter to Key that several of his fellow students had expressed “concern about Key’s behavior this semester, and have reported that Key said he brought a gun onto campus.” Key denies the accusation and accuses the university of “exploiting the fear that lingers since a gunman at Virginia Tech killed 32 people last April.”

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