2023-10-13 10:15:53
A Massachusetts medical specialist who allegedly persisted in offering inappropriate examinations of the private parts to his patients was accused of sexual abuse by 85 of them, according to a class action lawsuit filed Wednesday.
“He was doing things that weren’t standard, that weren’t typical of any normal gynecological exam and at that point, you know, I felt suspicious,” said Samantha Sullivan, one of the pursuers. , in an interview with CBS News.
On Wednesday, more than 85 former patients of Dr. Derrick Todd joined their voices to denounce the man who allegedly made them undergo inappropriate pelvic exams, breast exams and rectal exams during “primary care” appointments, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Suffolk County Superior Court.
This is the third lawsuit filed once morest the doctor, who specialized in rheumatology, that is to say what surrounds the bones, spine, muscles and joints. But according to the authorities, the number of victims is expected to increase further.
“He specializes in very rare autoimmune rheumatologic diseases, which I have,” another former patient, Mimi DiTrani, reportedly said in a previous lawsuit, alleging that instead of performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ) of his bones, he would have instead insisted that gynecological and breast exams be repeated, according to CBS Boston.
Another of his alleged victims, Sabrina Soini, allegedly underwent a “45-minute pelvic massage”, following which he asked her “all kinds of extremely inappropriate and personal questions regarding your sex life”, he said. she testified to the American media.
“These examinations were performed for his own sexual gratification,” the court document would have underlined, specifying that the horrifying and traumatic acts would have taken place “as far back as 2011 and continued until July 2023, at the time of opening of an investigation” and his dismissal, indicated CBS News.
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