An ex-gynecologist convicted of sexually abusing hundreds of patients was ordered to spend the next two months in jail as he awaits sentencing, a federal judge in New York City ruled Wednesday.
\nAfter hearing statements from some of the victims during the bail hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman tersely shot down defense attorneys seeking to allow the doctor, Robert Hadden, to remain free while awaiting an April sentencing hearing.
\n\u201cI\u2019m done, and you\u2019re done,\u201d Berman was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying. Afterward, Hadden\u2019s attorneys filed papers appealing the judge\u2019s detention order.
\nHadden had worked at two prestigious Manhattan hospitals \u2014 Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital \u2014 until complaints about his attacks shut down his career a decade ago.
\nHadden, 64, of Englewood, New Jersey, was convicted last week after less than a day of deliberations at a two-week trial, in which nine former patients described how he sexually abused them during examinations, when they were most vulnerable.
\nOne of his victims was Evelyn Yang, the wife of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who also ran unsuccessfully for New York City mayor.
\nHadden\u2019s conviction in federal court on four counts of enticing victims to cross state lines so he could sexually abuse them carries a potential penalty of decades in prison.
\nAfter the verdict, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams issued a statement calling Hadden \u201ca predator in a white coat.\u201d
\nAt the time, the judge declined to to send Hadden immediately to jail, but suggested that he was \u201cmystified\u201d that Hadden had avoided prison.
\nAt Wednesday\u2019s hearing, the judge heard from nine women victimized by the doctor, as well as written statements from 43 other victims \u2014 all of whom urged the judge to immediately remand Hadden into custody.
\nHe had been under electronic monitoring and had been free on $1 million bail.
\nHadden\u2019s attorneys argued that he was not a flight risk, but federal prosecutors urged the judge to consider the severity of his crimes.
\nFor Hadden\u2019s accusers, the federal case represents a second chance for a harsher punishment for the doctor. In his 2016 plea deal with the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office, Hadden surrendered his medical license but wasn\u2019t required to serve any jail time.
\nThe district attorney at the time, Cyrus Vance Jr., defended his decision. Because a conviction wasn\u2019t assured, he argued, his office sought a plea deal to prevent Hadden from practicing medicine and from victimizing additional women.<\/p>\n
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