The former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a 'ruse' to sexually abuse two teenage patients, a prosecutor said Monday, while the physician's attorney 'adamantly' denied any inappropriate conduct. The trial of Daniel N.
The young women, who were teenagers when they were admitted to Cumberland, both testified Monday, saying Davidow groped their breasts and genitals during a physical examination as part of the admissions process. 'I teared up. I was in shock,' one woman told the court. One woman said the abuse continued in subsequent exams, and the other said she had additional encounters in which Davidow touched her inappropriately or made her uncomfortable. T.
Virginia State Police began investigating staff at the hospital in October 2017, a spokeswoman has said, and Davidow is at least the third former Cumberland staffer to be charged with a crime in connection with a patient. One, a psychotherapist, was charged with sexually abusing a patient and died by suicide the same day he was due in court for a plea hearing.
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