An ex-University of Pennsylvania professor who bludgeoned his wife to death will not be able to protect his pension from efforts to collect on the $124 million judgment a jury levied against him last year.

A Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas judge ruled Tuesday that the estate of Ellen Gregory, who was killed by Rafael Robb in 2006, will be able to recover funds from Robb's retirement accounts, which total nearly $3 million.

Robb had filed a motion arguing that funds in his individual retirement accounts should be exempt from the court-ordered constructive trust, but Judge Thomas M. Del Ricci agreed with the plaintiff's argument that Gregory's estate is entitled to a portion of the assets under the Pennsylvania Slayer's Act, which prohibits anyone from benefiting from a murder.