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Over 200 women have joined a lawsuit claiming that a Massachusetts doctor sexually abused them and subjected them to unnecessary medical exams.
Several lawsuits were filed last year against Dr. Derrick Todd after Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital received two anonymous complaints that Todd had sexually abused them.
Despite the allegations, Todd was allowed to continue practicing medicine until June, when he was placed on administrative leave. He was then fired a month later. In September 2023, he reached an agreement with the Board of Registration in Medicine to stop practicing medicine in the United States.
Since the initial lawsuits were filed, which have since been consolidated into a single lawsuit, over 200 women and several men have come forward with claims they were sexually abused by Todd.
They allege he made them undergo medically unnecessary exams, including breast examinations, testicular examinations, and rectal examinations.
One of his alleged victims, 43-year-old Kristin Fritz, told the Associated Press that Todd groped her breasts during an exam and that he "seemed to enjoy that a little too much."
Fritz wasn't part of the original lawsuit but told her story after being contacted by the hospital.
"I feel so violated," she added. "I feel so ashamed of myself for not knowing better in the moment to do anything and to be like, yeah, this did feel wrong, and I should tell somebody."
Todd is not facing criminal charges, but the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office has launched an investigation into the allegations.