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Wednesday 26 July 2023
Gynecologist accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients is

sentenced to 20 years in prison

By LARRY NEUMEISTER give up his medical license
Associated Press but didn’t require jail time
NEW YORK (AP) — A gy- and kept him out of the
necologist who sexually state’s sex offender registry.
abused vulnerable and Some of the women who
trusting patients for over had gone to state prosecu-
two decades at prestigious tors were outraged, but
New York hospitals cried their stories didn’t start re-
before he was sentenced ceiving public attention un-
Tuesday to 20 years in pris- til the #MeToo movement
on by a federal judge who began gaining steam in
called his crimes unprec- 2017. Federal prosecutors
edented. in Manhattan got a grand
The sentence for Robert jury indictment against
Hadden, 64, was a mea- Hadden in 2020, charges
sure of vindication for hun- based on the fact that
dreds of former patients some patients at his New
who accused the doctor of York offices had come into
molesting them during ex- the city from suburbs in oth-
aminations but saw an ear- er states. He was convicted
lier prosecution end with a in January.
plea bargain that spared Several dozen of Hadden’s
him from jail. accusers were in the court-
Given his chance to speak Sexual assault victims share smiles as they gather for a group photograph after sentencing room for his sentencing.
Tuesday, Hadden stood proceedings concluded for convicted sex offender Robert Hadden outside Federal Court, Among them was Liz Hall,
with his hands folded be- Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in New York. Associated Press who said she found Had-
fore him to say that there den’s expression of regret
was “much I’d like to say” trict Judge Richard M. Ber- women to cross state lines conduct during examina- hollow. “That was not an
but that he had been ad- man said the case was like so he could sexually abuse tions first surfaced in 2012. apology. He has shown
vised by his lawyers to keep none he’d seen before and them. Hadden was indicted on zero remorse or empathy.
his statement brief. involved “outrageous, hor- Nine victims testified at the state charges in 2014 as I think he’s incapable,” she
“I’m very sorry for all the rific, beyond extraordinary, trial, describing how Had- women 19 and counting said. Hall said she hoped

pain that I have caused,” depraved sexual abuse.” den molested them during kept coming forward. But in the sentence would give
a sobbing Hadden said He noted that at least 245 gynecology treatments, 2016, the office of the Man- other victims of sexual
before dropping his head women Hadden treated starting in the late 1980s, hattan district attorney at abuse courage to speak
down as he sat again. He said they were abused. at prominent hospitals, in- the time, Cyrus Vance Jr., out.“It’s the first time ever
then took off his glasses The federal trial involved a cluding Columbia Univer- allowed Hadden to plead that the justice system did
and wiped tears from his smaller number of victims. sity Irving Medical Center guilty to two low-level felo- what it was supposed to
eyes. In statements over Hadden was convicted and NewYork-Presbyterian nies and a misdemeanor in do: take it seriously,” she
the past two days, U.S. Dis- of four counts of enticing Hospital. Allegations of mis- a deal that required him to said. q

3 found dead in car at N. Carolina gas station are identified as

Marines stationed nearby

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM dead over the weekend at Lejeune, the U.S. Marine clined to share details. No 2, Combat Logistics Regi-
Associated Press/Report for a North Carolina gas sta- Corps said Tuesday. drugs were found in the ve- ment 2 and 2nd Marine
America tion have been identified Deputies from the Pend- hicle, he said. Logistics Group at Camp
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three as Marine lance corporals er County Sheriff’s Office “We do not suspect any- Lejeune, said First Lt. Ray-
men who were found stationed at nearby Camp found the three men unre- thing as far as foul play in mond Fullbright, of the 2nd
sponsive Sunday morning that matter,” Ward told Marine Logistics Group.
in a privately owned car at The Associated Press, not- “My deepest sympathy and
a Speedway gas station in ing that the sheriff’s office condolences are extended
Hampstead, 29 miles (47 ki- is waiting on autopsy re- to the family, friends, and
lometers) southwest of the sults because the cause colleagues of Lance Cpl.
base, the department said of death “might be some- Kaltenberg, Lance Cpl.
in a statement. Medical thing that we don’t see.” Dockery and Lance Cpl.
authorities pronounced all The U.S. Marine Corps iden- Garcia,” said Brig. Gen.
three dead the same day, tified the men as Tanner J. Michael McWilliams, com-
and their cause of death Kaltenberg, 19, of Madison, manding general of the
has not been released. Wisconsin; Merax C. Dock- 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
Sgt. Chester Ward of the ery, 23, of Pottawatomie, “Our focus is providing the
Pender County Sheriff’s Of- Oklahoma; and Ivan R. necessary resources and
fice said the department Garcia, 23, of Naples, Flor- support to those impacted
Signage stands on the main gate to Camp Lejeune Marine Base had received a missing ida. The men were motor by their tragic loss as they
outside Jacksonville, N.C., Friday, April 29, 2022. person report for one of the vehicle operators with the navigate this extremely dif-
Associated Press three Marines, but he de- Combat Logistics Battalion ficult time.”q