Fri Sep 29, 2023 – 2:59 pm EDTFri Sep 29, 2023 – 3:23 pm EDT
SANTA ANA, California (LifeSiteNews) — A California doctor who works as an “LGBTQ+” specialist has been charged with nine counts of sexual assault.
According to a September 26 press release from the Orange County district attorney’s office, Dr. William Thompson IV “has been charged with eight felony counts of sexual penetration by means of fraudulent representation of professional purpose, three felony counts of sexual battery by fraud, and two felony counts of forcible oral copulation.”
Thompson reportedly “specializes in treating members of the LGBTQ+ [sic] community.” He allegedly abused nine of his male patients and “faces a maximum sentence of 30 years to life plus 25 years if convicted on all counts.”
The release states that the 56-year-old doctor abused his patients “under the guise that the assaults were part of necessary medical exams” and that “authorities are asking for the public’s help in providing additional information regarding other potential victims.”
He was arrested on September 20 “as a result of a joint investigation by the California Department of Consumer Affairs and the Newport Beach Police Department.”
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