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An obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was found guilty on Thursday of five felony counts of sexually abusing patients, but jurors acquitted him of seven counts and deadlocked on nine others. UCLA has agreed to pay nearly $700 million in lawsuit settlements to hundreds of Heaps patients.

Dr. James Heaps faces up to 28 years in prison.

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A jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.

UCLA had previously agreed to pay out nearly $700 million in lawsuit settlements to hundreds of patients who said Heaps abused them.

A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was found guilty Thursday on five counts of sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal case that came after the university system made nearly US$700 million in lawsuit payouts.

Jurors on Thursday found former UCLA campus gynecologist James Heaps guilty of five sex-related counts, while acquitting him on seven. Heaps, 65, was facing trial on 21-sex-related counts.

A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles has been found guilty on five counts in a sexual abuse case in a Los Angeles court.

Dr. James Heaps faces up to 28 years in prison.