College staff misconduct · Accused: former campus gynecologist/oncologist (UCLA Health and student health center)
A former UCLA gynecologist, who saw patients including at the UCLA student health center, was accused by hundreds of former patients of sexually abusing them during exams; criminal charges covered conduct from 2009 to 2018.
Status: Convicted by a Los Angeles jury in October 2022 of five counts (three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person); acquitted on eight counts and the jury deadlocked on others.
Response: UCLA/University of California agreed to pay nearly $700 million in settlements to hundreds of former patients.