August 8, 2023, 8:14 PMDr. Zhi Alan Cheng appears at the criminal court in Queens, New York, where he was charged with raping and sexually abusing patients and romantic partners, Aug. 7, 2023.A New York City gastroenterologist, already accused of raping a woman in his apartment, has now been charged with dozens of new counts accusing him of drugging the women he allegedly raped and filming the assaults, prosecutors in New York announced.
Other videos seized from Cheng allegedly depict more than six other women being sexually assaulted, including one at New York-Presbyterian Queens, prosecutors added. Cheng was charged in a previous 11-count indictment, after his arrest on Dec. 27, 2022, with two counts of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and four counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree, Katz said.An attorney for Chen did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
Apartment Victim 1 came across videos depicting her and other women being assaulted by the doctor, according to prosecutors. Investigators say they then uncovered evidence resulting in the most recent indictment. Hospital Victim 1 is a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly ordered by Cheng to undergo a test. She is seen on a video shot sometime around June 2021 with her gown open, exposed and her underwear lowered, according to prosecutors.
Apartment Victim 3: A woman who met Cheng through an online dating site in the spring of 2022 is seen on numerous videos in his bedroom. She appears unconscious as Cheng allegedly engages in acts of sexual intercourse and other sexual abuse. She also has no memory of the events, according to prosecutors.