UCLA to pay record of nearly $700M in doctor abuse lawsuits
The University of California system has agreed to pay $375 million to more than 300 women who said they were sexually abused by a longtime UCLA gynecologist
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The University of California system has agreed to pay $375 million to more than 300 women who said they were sexually abused by a longtime UCLA gynecologist
Some of the revenue will be used to pay victims of a university doctor for alleged sexual assault.
The university of california has agreed to pay out nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to more than 200 women who claim they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist. multiple lawsuits claim the university's los angeles site deliberately hid james heaps' alleged sexual abuse of patients over many years. he faces criminal charges for more than 20 other offences; he has pleaded not guilty. let's get more form our north america correspondent peter bowes. perhaps you could give us the story from the ucla perspective of the scale of this? this story from the ucla perspective of the scale...
Sexual abuse of patients over many years. he faces criminal charges for more than 20 other offences; he has pleaded not guilty. peter bowes has been looking at the scale of alleged abuse. this was huge. james heaps, that gynaecologist, worked for the college for some 35 years but it wasn't until 2017 that the college started to investigate complaints against him, complaints of sexual abuse from many, many of the thousands of patients he had seen over those years. about 12 months later, the college refused to renew his contract and he retired and also about that time, after an internal investig...
Patient is running thin on many fronts. an injunction has been granted to stop the truckers honking their horns and it may have quietened the scene but they are determined not to be silenced. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the university of california has agreed to pay out nearly $250 million to more than 200 women who claim they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist. multiple lawsuits claim the university's los angeles site deliberately hid james heaps's alleged sexual abuse of patients over many years. he faces criminal charges for more than 20 other offences. he has pleaded not guil...