LOS ANGELES (CA)
KTLA5
June 10, 2019
By Erika Martin and Wendy Burch
A gynecologist who worked nearly 30 years at UCLA’s student health clinic, until retiring last year amid a misconduct investigation, is accused of sexually abusing patients, the university announced Monday.
James Heaps, 62, is charged with two counts of sexual battery by fraud and one count of sexual exploitation by a physician with two patients, according to Ricardo Santaigo, a public information officer with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Court records show the case was filed for warrant May 22 with a violation dated June 27, 2017.
Heaps pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday and was released without bail, the Associated Press reported.
The doctor surrendered to law enforcement Monday to face charges related his medical practice and encounters with two patients at UCLA Health in 2017 and 2018, UCLA said in a news release.
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