Former NBC personality sentenced to probation for asking child for naked pictures

Dr. Bruce Hensel, once NBC's chief on-air medical correspondent, pleads no contest to charges that he solicited nude pictures from a 9-year-old girl.

A man who once served as NBC’s chief on-air medical correspondent in Los Angeles pleaded no contest Monday to charges he solicited nude pictures from a child, after apologizing to the victim’s family and hugging her father inside a downtown courtroom.

Turning to face the victim’s father in court, Hensel spoke of his faith in God, and seeking forgiveness. He said he had never done anything like this before and never would again. “Dr. Bruce, you crossed the line and violated the vow of your profession, which is to cause no harm,” the man said.

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