Former UCLA gynecologist indicted on 21 counts of sexual assault

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A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, was indicted on 21 counts of sexual assault-related crimes this week.

A grand jury indictment unsealed on Monday accused 64-year-old James Heaps of multiple counts of sexual battery by fraud, sexual exploitation of a patient, and sexual penetration of an unconscious person by fraudulent representation, according to the Associated Press. The alleged assaults against seven women occurred between 2009 and 2018.

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