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DonRedwood

(4,359 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:47 PM Feb 2013

Johns Hopkins: Gynecologist hid camera inside pen

Oh man.... this is just pretty danged scummy.



A Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist accused of secretly videotaping patients wore a pen around his neck that may have been used to conceal a camera, according to the employee who reported the doctor.

The employee told hospital officials of her suspicions Feb. 4, according to a letter from the hospital's CEO, Dr. Paul B. Rothman. The letter was dated Tuesday and sent to the law firm of Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White, which is working with the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center. The law firm gave a copy of the letter to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The employee's report to officials ultimately led to the discovery that Dr. Nikita Levy had been recording patients during exams at a Hopkins clinic. Police have said Levy, 54, killed himself in his home on Feb. 18.

Rothman's letter said the Hopkins employee had noticed what she believed to be a device, like a writing pen, that Levy had worn around his neck while examining patients. She said she believed the device was a camera.

http://news.yahoo.com/johns-hopkins-gynecologist-hid-camera-140745454.html

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Johns Hopkins: Gynecologist hid camera inside pen (Original Post) DonRedwood Feb 2013 OP
Jesus the sex drive is powerful! I am amazed at the amount of people OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2013 #1
WTF? nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #2
The settlements are going to be huge. madaboutharry Mar 2013 #3
Hard to sue a dead man. bluedigger Mar 2013 #4
Hopkins was his employer. madaboutharry Mar 2013 #10
They sell that pen at The Sharper Image...don't they? Ken Burch Mar 2013 #5
didn't sharper image go out of business ? JI7 Mar 2013 #7
Maybe that's why...they didn't start selling the pen fast enough! n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #8
Male gynecologists are a dying breed jsr Mar 2013 #6
He wanted to take his work home with him. TeamPooka Mar 2013 #9
 

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)
1. Jesus the sex drive is powerful! I am amazed at the amount of people
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:55 PM
Feb 2013

Who have destroyed their lives because of it.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
4. Hard to sue a dead man.
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 03:08 AM
Mar 2013

I guess they can go after Johns Hopkins, but that seems like a tough case to make.

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