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More women join the class action lawsuit against USC gynecologist, Dr. George Tyndall, alleging inappropriate actions taken by him during examinations.
Dr. Tyndall was a full-time gynecologist at USC’s student health center since the 1980’s.
According to USA Today, in the original lawsuit the women claimed that Dr. Tyndall told them to “‘strip naked’, he groped their breasts, and he digitally penetrated their vaginas.” The first lawsuit also alleges that USC was aware of Tyndall’s misconduct and proceeded to do nothing about it.
Allegations of Dr. Tyndall’s horrific behavior date back to the 1990s. The story went viral after the LA Times ran an investigative story on Dr. Tyndall’s years of gynecological misconduct. Dr. Tyndall denies the allegations.
According to the LA Times: “The complaints began in the 1990s, when co-workers alleged he was improperly photographing students’ genitals. In the years that followed, patients and nursing staff accused him again and again of ‘creepy’ behavior, including touching women inappropriately during pelvic exams and making sexually suggestive remarks about their bodies.”
Dr. Tyndall was not suspended from his role until a frustrated nurse reporter him to the campus rape crisis center. The LA Times reports that sources suspect he started targeting female Chinese students who had limited understandings of the English language.
The LA Times journalists uncovered “An internal USC investigation determined that Tyndall’s behavior during pelvic exams was outside the scope of current medical practice and amounted to sexual harassment of students. But in a secret deal last summer, top administrators allowed Tyndall to resign quietly with a financial payout.
“The university did not inform Tyndall’s patients. Nor did USC report him at the time to the Medical Board of California, the agency responsible for protecting the public from problem doctors.
“USC told The Times in a statement that it was under no legal obligation to report Tyndall. The statement said that ‘in hindsight,’ USC should have reported him. The university said it belatedly filed a complaint with the medical board March 9 after a request by Tyndall to be reinstated. It was about a month after Times reporters began questioning university employees about Tyndall.”
Nearly 400 USC faculty including tenured professors signed a letter calling for USC President C. L. Max Nikias to resign over the poor handling of the matter.
The Los Angeles Police Department is running an investigation into Dr. Tyndall as well as into USC.
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