Former UCLA Gynecologist James Heaps Gets 11 Years After Pleading Guilty to 13 Felony Sex-Assault Counts
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Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps was sentenced in Los Angeles to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to 13 felony counts for sexually assaulting patients during his decades-long tenure at the university. Prosecutors said the plea covers six counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person, five counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual exploitation of a patient; Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman framed the sentence as a second attempt to hold Heaps accountable and addressed survivors directly. The plea and sentence resolve a long-running legal saga tied to allegations spanning decades and to extensive civil liability: UCLA has paid nearly $700 million to settle claims linked to Heaps’ conduct over his 35-year career.