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David Newman, a 45-year-old ER doctor and father-of-two, allegedly victimized four women at Mount Sinai Hospital on separate occasions
David Newman, a 45-year-old ER doctor and father-of-two, allegedly victimized four women at Mount Sinai Hospital on separate occasions
David Newman, a 45-year-old ER doctor and father-of-two, allegedly victimized four women at Mount Sinai Hospital on separate occasions
The Army Veteran told a detective in January that he was 'embarrassed' about the accusations because he had masturbated in the emergency room lounge
He said that his ejaculation could have transferred from his hands to the woman's blanket or face while he treated her
Read the story after the cut ....Newman faces a total of five counts of sex abuse, four in the third degree and one in the first degree - he has pleaded not guilty to all the counts
A prominent former New York City emergency room doctor already charged with sexually assaulting two women in his care has been indicted on new charges that he sexually assaulted two other women he treated, prosecutors announced Thursday.
David Newman, a married father-of-two who wrote a book on the patient-doctor relationship, victimized three of the women at Mount Sinai Hospital on separate occasions in August, September and October as well as a fourth woman in January, according to court papers.
Newman told a detective in January when asked about the allegations that he was 'embarrassed' because he had masturbated in the emergency room lounge, which could have resulted in ejaculation transfer.
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Newman told a detective in January that he was 'embarrassed' about the accusations because he had masturbated in the emergency room lounge and that his ejaculation could have transferred from his hands to the woman's blanket or face while he treated her
Newman told a detective in January that he was 'embarrassed' about the accusations because he had masturbated in the emergency room lounge and that his ejaculation could have transferred from his hands to the woman's blanket or face while he treated her
Photo: Daniel Williams A hospital spokeswoman said Newman no longer works at Mount Sinai and records show his medical license was suspended in February amid a state medical board investigation
'I am embarrassed because I [masturbated] in the lounge, and it was possible that that the ejaculate may have gone from my hands to the woman's blanket,' he told investigators, according to a court filing by prosecutors.
'Semen may have also transferred from my hand to her face during the time I treated her,' he added.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R Vance Jr, called the woman's abuse while under sedation by a doctor a patient's 'nightmare scenario'.
'I would like to thank these brave women for their strength in coming forward,' he added.
Newman, 45, of Montclair, New Jersey, now faces a total of five counts of sex abuse, four in the third degree and one in the first degree. He has pleaded not guilty to all the counts.
His attorney didn't immediately return a message seeking comment on the charges.
A hospital spokeswoman said Newman no longer works at Mount Sinai and records show his medical license was suspended in February amid a state medical board investigation.
The investigation into Newman began after a woman who was treated for shoulder pain in January told police Newman gave her morphine and then masturbated on her.
In a civil lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court last month, the woman said semen on her face tested positive for Newman's DNA. The woman, through her attorney, declined to comment.
'I can't believe this is happening,' he told the detective, according to the court filing. 'What you are saying I did doesn't make sense either.'
Newman faces a total of five counts of sex abuse, four in the third degree and one in the first degree. He has pleaded not guilty to all the counts
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The assaults allegedly happened to different women on separate occasions in August, September and October, with a fourth in January, according to court papers
Following his arrest, the other women, whose ages ranged from 18 to 29 and were treated in the emergency room for a headache, a cold and a rash, came forward alleging they were similarly abused by Newman at Mount Sinai, authorities said.
The former doctor 'abused (his) privilege' as a physician and 'preyed upon young, vulnerable, minority women', prosecutor Eun-Ha Kim said in Manhattan Supreme Court, according to the New York Daily News.
There was 'no legitimate medical reason to fondle these women's breasts,' Kim added.
Newman told cops that he administered an extra dose of sedative to the woman with shoulder pain and it wasn't recorded on the patient's chart, Kim said.
In the police report, Newman suggested that the woman was doped up, so she couldn't offer a reliable account of what happened.
'She may be mistaken about me ejaculating on her face because she was on morphine,' Newman told cops, court documents show.
Newman is the author of 'Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets From the House of Medicine', a book that examines 'the fraying of patient-doctor relations' and advocates a 'new paradigm to rebuild the bridge between physicians and their patients'.
Newman described himself as 'an emergency room physician, an Army veteran who was deployed to a combat support hospital in Baghdad in 2005, and a biomedical researcher in the field of cardiac-arrest resuscitation' in a 2013 New York Times op-ed piece advocating stricter gun control.
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Following his arrest, the other women, whose ages ranged from 18 to 29 and were treated in the emergency room for a headache, a cold and a rash, came forward alleging they were similarly abused by Newman at Mount Sinai, authorities said
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