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AMY GOODMAN : Columbia College Irving Medical center and you may NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital reached several agreements with hundreds of Hadden subjects within the 2021 and you will 2022. This week, 301 a lot more former clients of Hadden whom claim these were sexually exploited and you may abused of the your recorded a unique lawsuit one argues Dr. ”
For more, our company is inserted from the attorneys that has already been suing Columbia for over 10 years to hold brand new school accountable for concealing Hadden’s punishment, Anthony DiPietro. He’s joining united states regarding Salt Lake Urban area, Utah, in addition to Evelyn Yang’s lawyer.
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Thanks a lot for being with our team. Thus, because this is actually to experience from which gorgeous bluish-air big date with the Wednesday right up from the Columbia School, the sufferers away from Dr. Hadden, along with above one hundred medical children inside their white applications, demanding that college or university alert the new people, Anthony DiPietro, you had only registered a different lawsuit. Columbia has recently settled something similar to, what, a-quarter regarding a billion cash so you’re able to customers away from Hadden? Talk about which latest suit.
ANTHONY DIPIETRO : Yeah, which is best, Amy. And you can thanks. You are sure that, the brand new current submitting that we produced this past day brings the fresh complete subjects and you will survivors regarding Columbia University and you may Robert Hadden in order to more than 538 clients. Robert Hadden mistreated single female, married women, expecting mothers, recent parents. The guy also mistreated a great 16-year-dated, exactly who he had had introduced, at the their unique earliest GYN go to. The guy practically is among the most respected serial sexual predator in the reputation of New york county.
AMY GOODMAN : Therefore, determine. Get united states to the beginning. What i’m saying is, to the Democracy Today!, there is had lots of Hadden’s clients into. Are you willing to define? There’s two points right here. You’re one to Dr. Hadden sexually attacked – was just found guilty, sentenced so you’re able to 20 years inside jail to own sexually assaulting people. However there clearly was the trouble of what Columbia know assuming brand new university realized it. Discuss you to, Anthony.
ANTHONY DIPIETRO : Sure. Therefore, Columbia know from the beginning what they have been talking about having Robert Hadden, at each top. The newest chairperson, the chance management some body, it realized what they was in fact referring to. But also for the past 36 many years, they might be hiding which punishment in the societal, throughout the patients, and even on the condition prosecutors.
AMY GOODMAN : Very, talk about the evidence that you have for the. In fact, you’re in Utah at this time. You’re in Salt Lake Area. Was not they someone today who is for the Utah who told you they notified Columbia years ago?
ANTHONY DIPIETRO : Best. Therefore, one of our website subscribers noticed Evelyn Yang on television a few years ago and told you – and you will attained out to all of us and you may told you, “Hello, you are sure that, he mistreated me into the 1993, and i also had written a page toward chairman, therefore the chairman penned back.”
ANTHONY DIPIETRO : And that i faith, you know – the newest chairman, brand new chairman of your Department regarding Obstetrics and you will Gynecology, penned right back, recognized one to she is actually mistreated, and said he was browsing keep up with the condition, but he was going on vacation a few weeks, and then he manage deal with it when he returned. And he never ever did some thing.
AMY GOODMAN : We along with had Laurie Kanyok toward has just, another out of Dr. Hadden’s patients. She actually is the individual who had been in the workplace, and their headache, she considered your licking their particular. She titled their own spouse. She was extremely expecting. Their unique partner raced to help you in which she is actually, and is actually contacting the police repeatedly. The authorities involved their home, next went right to new Columbia Health, in which Dr. Hadden is, his workplace, and had your detained. So, Columbia undoubtedly know at that point. Can you explore one to case? Yet he was back at your workplace next times, once being detained by police getting sexual assault.
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