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Emily Olson

Court finds former UCLA gynecologist guilty of sexually abusing patients

UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP)

A former obstetrician-gynecologist who spent more than three decades working for the University of California, Los Angeles, has been convicted of sexually abusing his patients.

A jury on Thursday found Dr. James Heaps guilty of five felony counts, including three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person, according to the LA County District Attorney's office.

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