The doctor's lawyer said he will 'not litigate this matter in the media, but he will defend his care as the case progresses through' the court system.
More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
The Associated Press generally doesn't identify possible victims of sexual abuse, but Fritz allowed her name to be used. She is one of more than 200 women and several men who have joined a consolidated lawsuit against Todd in Massachusetts' Suffolk Superior Court. "The other thing that strikes me about this case is how could this have been going on at the hospital, at the practice group for so long without somebody recognizing ... that something suspicious was going on," he continued."Yet, they allowed him to continue to do this week after week, month after month, year after year, to more and more victims.
"We are deeply troubled by the upsetting allegations of harmful conduct committed by Dr. Todd," the hospital said in a statement."We take our duty to care for our patients and keep them safe extremely seriously. We have, and always will, act decisively on any allegations of misconduct, as we did in this case."
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