NEW YORK — Disgraced former Columbia University gynecologist Robert Hadden was motivated solely by “his own sexual desires” when he abused vulnerable patients, prosecutors charged at the start of his Manhattan Federal Court abuse trial Monday.
The feds have accused the convicted former obstetrician — who was for decades well respected in his field — of inducing four women to travel from out of state so he could abuse and molest them under the guise of conducting gynecological and obstetric examinations.
In his opening argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Monteleone said the victims were among dozens of vulnerable patients who trusted him as they sought healthcare, but whom Hadden preyed on, instead.
