The Times’ investigation of George Tyndall, former USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing students
USC gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall was accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students during three decades at a campus clinic. The Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for this series that roiled the prestigious private university and led to dramatic changes, including the resignation of the university president C.L. Max Nikias. The series also triggered local, state and federal investigations. A task force of police detectives interviewed women across the country, a review that grew into the Los Angeles Police Department’s largest-ever sex crimes investigation of a single suspect.
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Legal experts said the need for an investigation into whether administrators knew about alleged sexual abuse by Dr. George Tyndall and failed to act should have been obvious.
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USC has agreed to pay more than $1.1 billion to former patients who accused campus gynecologist George Tyndall of decades of sex abuse.
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A dozen investigators have amassed a trove of evidence against former USC gynecologist George Tyndall over the last year.
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Wearing a blue suicide prevention vest, George Tyndall, the gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct toward hundreds of USC students, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of sexually abusing 16 patients at the campus clinic where he practiced for decades.
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George Tyndall, the gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct toward hundreds of USC students, was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than two dozen felonies at the campus clinic where he practiced for decades.
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After decades of complaints about a campus gynecologist, USC administrators hired a team of medical experts to evaluate him.
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Nicole Haynes, a USC champion heptathlete, remembers the one time in her Trojans track career when everything slowed down.
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He moves through USC without fanfare these days, just another bespectacled academic cutting across the quad by Tommy Trojan.
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The Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for its series of stories about a former USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students during three decades at a campus clinic.
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On Monday, the Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for articles that exposed Dr.
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Confronted by scandal after scandal, University of Southern California leaders have followed a familiar pattern: Express shock and disappointment, call for an investigation to root out the school’s failings — and then keep mum on the findings of those investigations.
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In yet another sign of upheaval at USC, two top administrators announced Tuesday that they were leaving their posts.
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When USC’s trustees tapped Rick Caruso last May to lead the university out of the crisis brought on by sexual abuse allegations against a campus gynecologist, his first act was to hire a prestigious law firm to conduct “a thorough and independent investigation.”
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As federal regulators continue investigating USC’s handling of a campus gynecologist accused of sexual abuse, the university is pressing forward with a $215-million class-action settlement with former patients.
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Months of tension and turmoil on USC’s Board of Trustees prompted an emergency meeting Wednesday at the campus, with the university’s leadership a top item for discussion.
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For nearly 30 years, the University of Southern California’s student health clinic had one full-time gynecologist: Dr.
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Dr. George Tyndall arrived on the USC campus in the summer of 1989.
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Shortly after Los Angeles police launched an investigation into Dr.
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Los Angeles County prosecutors have convened a grand jury to hear evidence about Dr.
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USC vowed to improve accountability and transparency in the wake of a scandal earlier this year in which the longtime campus gynecologist was accused of sexual misconduct against hundreds of students.
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USC said Friday it had agreed to pay $215 million to former patients of Dr.
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The $215-million settlement with patients treated by USC gynecologist George Tyndall announced Friday is probably just a fraction of what the university will end up paying in the scandal.
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An additional 95 women sued USC this week, saying longtime campus gynecologist Dr.
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A longtime doctor at USC’s student health clinic has sued the university, accusing administrators of falsely suggesting that he ignored or covered up misconduct complaints when he supervised the gynecologist Dr.
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LAPD detectives have presented the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office with nearly 30 cases for possible sex-crime charges against USC’s former campus gynecologist, Dr.
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An additional 30 women sued USC on Wednesday, claiming that the university failed to protect them from abuse and mistreatment by the longtime campus gynecologist, Dr.
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The number of former patients suing USC for allegedly failing to protect them from sexual abuse at a campus health clinic increased to more than 300 this week amid a new push by university faculty to speed the departure of the outgoing president, C.L.
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As more lawsuits pile up against USC for its handling of a campus gynecologist accused of sexually abusing patients, the chair of the university’s board of trustees said he wanted to see the litigation resolved “as quickly as possible.”
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Former USC gynecologist Dr.
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For some USC students who visited campus gynecologist George Tyndall, it was obvious right away that something was wrong.
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At least 200 former USC students have joined lawsuits against the university, alleging it failed to heed warnings for nearly 30 years that a campus gynecologist was sexually abusing patients.
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Testifying before legislators at the state Capitol on Monday, an attorney for USC defended its response to misconduct reports against a campus gynecologist, saying the university’s decision to force the physician out through a secret internal process “worked efficiently.”
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Police detectives on Thursday served search warrants at the Los Angeles home of a former USC gynecologist and a storage facility as they investigate allegations that he sexually mistreated patients.
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USC student Anika Narayanan says she vividly recalls her first appointment with Dr.
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The University of Southern California’s board of trustees has elected mall magnate Rick Caruso to be the new chair of the board, giving fresh leadership as the university navigates a widening scandal involving a longtime campus gynecologist.
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The Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday it is investigating 52 complaints of misconduct filed by former patients of USC’s longtime campus gynecologist as detectives launch a sweeping criminal probe into the scandal that has rocked the university.
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Technically speaking, it was a coincidence that USC President C.L.
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USC President C.L.
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He’s out. It looked for a while as though USC President C.L.
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Fourteen more women have sued USC alleging that a campus gynecologist sexually abused them during medical exams and that the university failed to take action when patients and clinic staff complained about his behavior.
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USC’s large and powerful Board of Trustees is coming under growing pressure to provide a stronger hand as the university faces a crisis over misconduct allegations against the campus’ longtime gynecologist that has prompted calls for President C.L.
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The body that represents USC’s faculty called on President C.L.
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About 300 people have contacted the University of Southern California about a longtime campus gynecologist accused of misconduct as administrators Tuesday began sharing the names of former patients with Los Angeles police for a criminal investigation.
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In the wake of two appalling scandals that have badly marred the reputation of the University of Southern California, it is time for President C.L.
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So here we are again, with yet another good reason to point out that the word “scandal,” by coincidence, begins with SC.
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How many pelvic exams does a woman have in her lifetime? Why should one in particular stand out?
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Dear Women of the USC Board of Trustees, I am talking to you, Jeanie Buss. And you, Jane Harman.
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Two hundred USC professors on Tuesday demanded the resignation of university President C.L.
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The chorus of condemnation against USC is getting louder by the day.
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Six women filed civil lawsuits Monday alleging that a longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California sexually victimized them under the pretext of medical care and that USC failed to address complaints from clinic staff about the doctor’s behavior.
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Last year, USC decided to oust longtime campus gynecologist George Tyndall after concluding that for years he had been making sexual comments and touching patients inappropriately during pelvic exams.
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The University of Southern California said Friday it has received about 200 reports from former patients of gynecologist Dr.
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USC has relied on bright young minds from across the Pacific to propel itself from prominent Southern California commuter school to international research university.
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The Chinese government has expressed “serious concerns” over revelations that a gynecologist at USC’s student health clinic was allowed to continue treating students despite repeated allegations of misconduct with patients, including many from China.
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You take off your clothes, and put on a thin cotton gown.
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For the second time in less than a year, the University of Southern California is drawing scrutiny not just for the alleged misconduct of one of its doctors, but also for the way campus leaders handled the situation.
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When Chelsea Wu walked into Dr.
