Pervert’ USC gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall is found dead at his home – months before he was set to stand trial for sex crimes against 16 patients
Dr. George Tyndall, a former University of the South California gynaecologist, died with him several months before he was to stand trial for sex crimes against sixteen patients.
Tyndall, 76, was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, according to his attorney Leonard Levine, who confirmed the death on Thursday.
The longtime USC doctor was arrested in June 2019 after being accused of sexually assaulting numerous students at the university’s student health center.
He was awaiting trial on 35 charges of sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2016. In 2019, he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail.
Levine said his client consistently maintained his innocence and wanted to present his case to a jury. He was due back in court later this month to set a date for his trial.
George Tyndall, 76, was found dead in his home on Wednesday. He is pictured here appearing before a judge at the criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles on August 25
The photo shows some of the dozens of women who have publicly accused Tyndall of misconduct
Tyndall was accused of misconduct against 400 women over a seven-year period at the University of Southern California. He died just months before he was due to stand trial for sex crimes against sixteen patients
George Tyndall was arrested in Los Angeles in 2019 in connection with the sexual assault of 16 of his clients. According to his lawyer, he has always maintained his innocence
‘From the very beginning, Dr. Tyndall firmly denied all charges against him. “All he ever wanted was his day in court, which he was sure would end in his full exoneration,” Levine said.
“Now neither he nor his accusers will get that, and that’s a real shame for everyone involved.”
Several USC alumni would take the stand to testify against him during his trial.
‘I’m not happy that he died. I wanted him to be convicted for what he did,” Audry Nafziger, a former patient who accused Tyndall of inappropriately touching her and photographing her genitals, told police. Los Angeles Times.
A close friend went to Tyndall’s home after he didn’t respond to her calls, when she found him unconscious in bed, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The coroner’s office will conduct an autopsy, but Levine said there is “no evidence of foul play or suicide.”
More than 700 women filed individual claims against the doctor in state court.
In addition, USC has agreed to a $215 million class action settlement with former patients who complained about Tyndall’s actions.
USC has since set up a $215 million settlement fund for Tyndall’s patients who complained about alleged misconduct
Pictured: Many of Tyndall’s victims are speaking out about the horrific abuse they endured. Former patients described Tyndall as “unprofessional, creepy” or someone who made them feel “uncomfortable and violated”
Tyndall worked for decades as a campus gynecologist at the university, and complaints about him first surfaced in 1997.
A judge has released USC’s files The Los Angeles Times as part of a freedom of information request.
They revealed how the college launched an investigation into him after receiving numerous complaints about his behavior.
The college hired a company to conduct the study and handed over the findings in 2016.
The report said in part that Tyndall targeted Asian women who had poor English proficiency and were unfamiliar with gynecology, making them easy targets.
“If patients were young and Asian, they were more likely to undergo a pelvic exam,” the report said.
In 1997, a woman wrote to the university warning them to fire him or risk “a huge future lawsuit.”
Two others filed complaints that year, but he was allowed to stay on and instead thanked his supervisor for bringing the issue to his attention.
Complaints about his sexual relations with patients began in 2000 when he shared an anecdote about a guitarist’s sexual escapades.
The patient wrote in her complaint, “After such a disgusting display of unprofessional conduct, I have lost all confidence in you as my physician.”
There were further complaints from “attendants” – nurses and assistants required to be present for exams – who said he would obstruct their view of pelvic exams by placing a curtain between them and the patients’ lower bodies.
In 2003, one complaint stated: ‘GT once again does not allow Mas (medical assistants) to stand behind the curtain when accompanying the doctor during pelvic examinations.’
Six years later, a student complained that he complimented her public hair, and in 2010, someone reported that he performed a pelvic exam on her in 2004 without wearing a glove.
In 2013, an investigation into his conduct was launched at the request of his manager.
However, he was allowed to keep his job after the investigator noted that there was “insufficient evidence of any violation of university policy to warrant continuing an investigation.”
Around 2016, a nurse who had become frustrated with the situation consulted a rape crisis counselor and USC hired the outside firm to conduct an investigation.
He was immediately placed on leave and did not treat any other patient, but was not discharged.