107 more women accuse former Cedars-Sinai physician of sexual misconduct
LA TimesMore than 100 women have filed a new lawsuit against obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Barry J. Brock and the facilities where he worked, claiming that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and other medical practices knowingly concealed his alleged sexual abuses and medical misconduct. A Cedars-Sinai spokesperson said that “the type of behavior alleged about Dr. Barry Brock is counter to Cedars-Sinai’s core values and the trust we strive to earn every day with our patients.” “Dr. In July, Cedars-Sinai said it suspended Brock’s hospital privileges after receiving “concerning complaints” from former patients. One woman said Brock delivered her baby in 2005 as the on-call doctor at Cedars-Sinai and proceeded to suture her perineal area after birth, a procedure he told her husband would leave the patient “like a virgin.” Two decades later, the woman still finds sexual intercourse painful as a result of the suturing, the suit alleges. When one woman who saw Brock from 2002 to 2012 “would express to the nurses or other doctors that his behavior was rough and rude,” the lawsuit states, she “would be told, ‘That’s just how he is’ and ‘Don’t put much on it.’” Another disclosed to a labor and delivery nurse that Brock had called her a crude name during one of her visits, the suit alleges.
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