Abused Women To Get $165M From Two NYC Hospitals

Abused Women To Get $165M From Two NYC Hospitals

Introduction

Two hospitals in New York have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who accused a former doctor of sexual assault and misconduct.

The arrangement was announced by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian. The two institutions reached an agreement last year to establish a $71 million compensation fund with 79 former patients.

After being convicted in state court on sex-related crimes in 2016, the accused doctor relinquished his medical licence but was not sentenced to jail. He is presently on trial on separate federal allegations of sexually assaulting scores of young and vulnerable female patients over a two-decade period.

The resident of Englewood, New Jersey, has pleaded not guilty to six charges of persuading individuals to travel to participate in illicit sexual activities. Prosecutors have labelled the doctor a "predator in a white coat," accusing him of targeting young and naïve victims, including a small girl he had delivered at birth.

Among others who accused the doctor was the wife of a previous presidential contender and New York City mayoral candidate. In 2020, she went public with claims that the doctor abused her when she was a patient of his in 2012.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center administrators stated that they truly regret the agony that the accused doctor's victims endured and hope that these resolutions give some kind of assistance to the ladies he harmed. Everyone that comes out should be applauded.

In an email, one of the doctor's patients stated that New York's Adult Survivors Act will provide a route for countless additional survivors. The statute provided a one-year opportunity for sexual assault claims that would have otherwise been precluded under the law.