SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Facing disciplinary action for my partners plagiarism... thoughts?
POST: I'll try and keep this short...

Had a lengthy report due for my college writing class that was a partner project worked on throughout the semester. After turning it in my partner and I receive emails from the instructor about her concerns with two specific sections that I definitely was NOT responsible for and she would like to discuss them. I call her and after a discussion and resending of my sections with citations she says "Great, I'll grade this and I'm not going to go forward with any action towards you." 

Fast forward a week and a half and I receive an email from Dean of Students requesting a meeting. At this meeting he informs me that although the teacher did request no action be pursued against me he feels that with my name on the paper and a unclear account of who sections are whos he will most likely punish both my partner and I. My partner says he though I wrote the section in question and although I obviously didn't because of the subject matter, and the instructor agrees with me, it looks like I'm going to get punished too.

Thoughts? Advice?
TL;DR: 
Partner on a final term paper plagiarized, won't own up. Instructor doesn't want me punished... probably will be anyways. Thoughts?