James Heaps, a former UCLA gynecological oncologist, was convicted in connection with sexual assault of patients. Several other schools have confronted similar massive scandals in recent years involving complaints of sexual abuse by university doctors.
Jurors found James Heaps guilty of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person. He faces up to 28 years in prison.
Jennifer McGrath, an attorney who represented some of the women who testified in the trial, said clients alleged in multiple lawsuits that Heaps overemphasized their risk of cancer or even suggested that he was seeing signs of cancer both for financial gain and for additional opportunities to abuse vulnerable women.It’s hard to even find words to describe that kind of behavior, her law partner, Darren Kavinoky, said. “It’s sadistic. It tortures them both mentally and physically.
“The trauma Dr. Heaps inflicted on the very people he had sworn to care for is immeasurable,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “While we respect the jurors’ decisions on the acquitted counts, we are obviously disappointed.”The university investigated complaints in 2018 that included sexual misconduct and reported him to law enforcement and the Medical Board of California.
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