New York doctor accused of drugging, filming rape allegedly assaulted victim in SF, prosecutors say

BAY AREA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF DRUGGING AND ASSAULTING PATIENTS AND RECORDING THE ASSAULTS. AND THERE IS A SEARCH FOR MORE VICTIMS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD WAS IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM YESTERDAY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH 50 NEW ACCOUNTS INCLUDING RAPE, SEX ABUSE, ASSAULT, MISDEMEANOR DRUG POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE. IT'S BASED ON HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH SIX WOMEN, INCLUDING HAITIANS P PROSECUTORS SAY THERE ARE VIDEOS OF ASSAULT INVOLVING AT LEAST ASK OTHERS UNIDENTIFIED WOMEN IN HOTELS OR HOMES IN NEW YORK, LAS VEGAS, SAN FRANCISCO AND THAILAND. IN THE BAY AREA HE COMPLETED HIS RESIDENCY AT CALIFORNIA PACIFIC ADEQUATE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WAS A THIRD-YEAR RESIDENT AT SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER. OUR REPORTER FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN NEW YORK HAS MORE ON THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THEM. >> AT THE MOST VULNERABLE TIME IN THEIR LIVES, YOUNG WOMEN CHECKED INTO THE HOSPITAL AND PROSECUTOR SAY BECAME TARGETS OF A PREDATOR IN A WHITE COAT. THIS ATTORNEY REPRESENTS A 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO PROSECUTOR SAY WAS DRUG THROUGH HER IV AND RAPED BY HER NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN GASTROENTEROLOGIST WHO ALLEGEDLY RECORDED THE ASSAULT ON HIS PHONE. >> HAVING TO GO TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SEE A VIDEO OF YOURSELF UNCONSCIOUS GETTING ASSAULTED AFTER BEING DRUGGED IS UNIMAGINABLE TO DEAL WITH. >> PEOPLE GO INTO A HOSPITAL THEY NEED HELP, THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AND TO TRUST THEIR DOCTORS. >> THE PROSECUTORS INDICTED HIM ON 50 COUNTS INCLUDING RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT AND UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE STEMMING FROM INTERACTIONS MEMORIALIZED IN DOZENS OF VIDEOS AND HIS PHONE'S CAMERA ROLL. SOME OF THE ASSAULTS ON UNSUSPECTING PATIENTS AT THE FLUSHING HOSPITAL WHERE HE WORKED. SOME IN HIS STORY A HOME AND EVEN IN HOTEL ROOMS AS FAR AWAY AS THAILAND. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN LAST YEAR WHEN A WOMAN ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE, THE DETECTIVE SEARCHED HIS PHONE AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF MANY MORE VICTIMS. >> IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN ANYONE IS -- WHEN ANYONE IS A VICTIM IT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. BUT TO FIND OUT SOME MIGHT HAVE KNOWN, SOME MIGHT HAVE HAD A FEELING, SOME HAD NO IDEA. >> THE NEW YORK AS PER TERRY AND FIRED HIM ON THE SPOT WHEN HE WAS FIRST ARRESTED. THE HOSPITAL DESCRIBED HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS PATIENTS AS A SACRED TRUST. THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL ARE HEINOUS, DESPICABLE AND A FUNDAMENTAL BETRAYAL OF OUR MISSION THE HOSPITAL SPOKESPERSON SAID. THE HOSPITAL ADDING IT'S BEEN FULLY COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED HIM IN CONNECTION WITH SIX FOR M'S BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM HIS PHONE OF AS MANY AS SIX OTHER VICTIMS. THEY STILL

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Length: 2min 57sec (177 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 09 2023