“I’m very sorry for all the pain that I have caused.” 9News
vulnerable and trusting patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals cried before he was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge who called his crimes unprecedented.
Nine victims testified at the trial, describing how Hadden molested them during gynecology treatments, starting in the late 1980s, at prominent hospitals, including Columbia University Irving Medical Centre and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.does not typically name victims of sexual assault unless they come forward publicly.Sexual assault survivor Laurie Kanyok speaks to media after convicted sex offender Robert Hadden was sentenced.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan got a grand jury indictment against Hadden in 2020, charges based on the fact that some patients at his New York offices had come into the city from other states.Several dozen of Hadden's accusers were in the courtroom for his sentencing and some of them spoke outside the courthouse afterward, sharing their emotions with reporters and one another.“That was not an apology. He has shown zero remorse or empathy. I think he’s incapable,” she said.
The judge noted that many patients were particularly vulnerable because they were pregnant, had physical problems, or had never been to another gynecologist and trusted that Hadden was behaving properly.Outside the court, Dian Monson described writing a long letter to Columbia in early 1994 detailing abuse she suffered during an appointment with Hadden the previous year.
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