A 79-year-old physician from Irvine is facing charges of groping two women patients, Orange County prosecutors said Thursday.
Dr. John Carl Hoefs was charged with seven felony counts of sexual battery and is scheduled to be arraigned June 13, prosecutors said.
"He was treating this patient for a liver condition," Kimberly Edds from the Orange County District Attorney's Office said."As she tried to cover herself up on each occasion, he insisted her breasts remain exposed for the remainder of the exam."The doctor was accused of groping another patient's breasts during an exam in November 2016 and during another visit in October 2017, prosecutors alleged.
One Yelp user left a review of the doctor last year, saying Dr. Hoefs"flipped over the gown to expose breasts," urging other women to"stay away from the office." It's not clear whether reviewer was affiliated with the ongoing investigation.
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