USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, the subject of complaints going back to the 1990s, has been accused of abuse by multiple women. He was removed from the clinic only after a nurse reported him to the rape crisis center in 2016.LOS ANGELES — USC’s former longtime campus gynecologist, who’s accused of sexual abusing hundreds of women under the guise of medical exams, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of sexually assaulting 16 patients over the course of seven years.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sullivan ordered that Tyndall surrender his passport and not practice medicine, although Flier said Tyndall’s medical license has been inactive since last August and his client doesn’t have a passport. Tyndall is charged with 18 counts of sexual penetration and 11 counts of sexual battery by force, all felonies, and would face up to 53 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors said the alleged victims range in age from 17 to 29, and the alleged assaults occurred between 2009 and 2016 while Tyndall worked at the campus health center.
USC officials say the university has been cooperating with the investigation and on Wednesday, then-USC Interim President Wanda M. Austin said, “We hope this arrest will be a healing step for former patients and our entire university.” U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson has set a January hearing to discuss finalizing the settlement, under which Tyndall’s former patients each would receive minimum payments of $2,500, in addition to being eligible to claim an award of between $7,500 to $250,000, subject to review by a three-member panel.
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