A gynecologist secretly used a tiny camera to take photos of patients, leading one of the top medical centers to pay $190 million to 8,000 women and girls.
Dr. Nikita Levy was fired after 25 years with the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore in February 2013 after a female coworker spotted a pen-like camera he wore around his neck and alerted authorities.
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Levy committed suicide by wrapping his head in a plastic bag with a hose connected to a helium tank. Because of his suicide, no criminal charges were ever brought.
Lawyers said that thousands of women were impacted, even though their faces were not visible and it could not be determined specifically which women were photographed.
At least 62 girls were among the victims, and Levy violated protocol by sending chaperones out of the exam room, plaintiffs' attorney Howard Janet said.
"All of these women were brutalized by this," said their lead attorney, Jonathan Schochor.
He said women reported being inappropriately touched and verbally abused by Levy. He said women were regularly summoned to Levy's office for unnecessary pelvic exams.
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