Full coverage of former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps
Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison after a Los Angeles County jury in October found him guilty of sexually abusing his patients.
The women Heaps was charged with abusing testified that he groped them, penetrated them with his ungloved hand and committed acts of sexual stimulation under the guise of medical examinations.
The University of California system agreed to pay a total of $700 million to the hundreds of victims of the former UCLA gynecologist. It marked largest ever sexual abuse settlement involving a public university.
A UC system report found that UCLA repeatedly failed to adequately investigate allegations of abuse.
The ex-gynecologist was a renowned cancer specialist who prosecutors claimed preyed on his patients.
The 65-year-old had been charged with 21 felony counts, but was found guilty of only five. He was found not guilty of seven other counts and the jury deadlocked on nine other sex-related charges.
The University of California will pay $374 million to settle more sexual abuse suits involving UCLA gynecologist James Heaps, bringing total to $700 million.
Plaintiffs in a massive lawsuit say multiple reports of abuse were ignored. It isn’t enough for UCLA to denounce the doctor and make payouts.
The University of California will pay $243.6 million to settle a lawsuit by more than 200 women who accused a UCLA gynecologist of abuse.
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Former UCLA gynecologist Dr. James Heaps is indicted on charges of sexually abusing patients and held on $1.19-million bail.
Dr. James M. Heaps, 67, faces a total of 20 felonies related to sex crimes alleged by seven of his former patients at his UCLA Health practice.
In June 2017, a married mother of four experiencing severe pelvic pain went to see a UCLA gynecologist.
University of California President Janet Napolitano vowed to get to the bottom of how UCLA handled allegations of sexual misconduct by a university gynecologist, saying “there were lessons learned” in the case.
UCLA came under public scrutiny Monday over its handling of a former staff gynecologist who has been charged with sexual battery and exploitation during his treatment of two patients at a university facility.
