Doolittle (R) backed dentist accused of molesting patients

[Kadie]

Doolittle backed suspect
He was a character witness in 1987 for a dentist accused of molesting patients.
By David Whitney - Bee Washington Bureau
Last Updated 12:07 am PDT Wednesday, October 18, 2006


Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, has attacked the American Civil Liberties Union for "aiding and abetting" sexual predators.

But his testimony in a 1987 court case may have helped acquit a Citrus Heights dentist of sexual battery -- a charge that resurfaced seven years later, costing him a year in jail and his license to practice.


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In the 1987 trial, Doolittle was one of a half-dozen or so character witnesses called by Phipps, according to Phipps' attorney at the time, Mark S. Sands.

According to a transcript of Doolittle's remarks, his only comment was to say that the dentist was a friend he had known for three years.

"I consider him to be a very truthful individual," Doolittle said of Phipps.

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But Sands said Doolittle, by virtue of his position as a state senator, was the most prominent of the character witnesses.

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http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/41423.html

[AlCzervik]

1. the bee has at least one story a day about Doolittle, i have never been

so happy to get my paper every morning. Oh and the letters to the ed. about him, almost all negative from his republican district.