A former University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) gynecologist was found guilty of sexually abusing patients during his tenure at the university Oct. 20.
Dr. James Mason Heaps, 65, was indicted on 21 sex-related charges involving seven patients between 2009 and 2018 but was only found guilty of five counts—three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person.
Those charges involved two patients, with jurors finding that those victims were particularly vulnerable and that Heaps had abused a position of trust.
The judge acquitted seven other charges—including one count of sexual exploitation—while jurors deadlocked on the remaining nine. The prosecutors have not announced if any of those charges will be retried….