Patients sue doctor, Hoag, UC Regents in sex abuse case

Patients Sue Doctor, Hoag, UC Regents in Sex Abuse Case

A 79-year-old physician from Irvine was sued Thursday along with Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, the UC Regents and the Liver Specialty Center by 15 women patients who claim they were sexually abused by the doctor. The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court alleges negligence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unfair business practices, fraud, aiding and …

Orange County doctor accused of sexual abuse by 15 patients

Dr. John Hoefs has been affiliated with the University of California Irvine Medical Center and Hoag Memorial Hospital, as well as running his own Irvine practice, Liver Specialty Center.

15 female patients allege doctor at UCI, Hoag sexually assaulted them

Fifteen women have filed a lawsuit alleging an Irvine physician forced them to expose their breasts and, in many instances, groped them under the guise of treatment at UCI Medical Center and a clinic affiliated with Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. A woman identified as ‘Jane Doe #1’ during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against Dr. John Carl Hoefs for sexual assault in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Hoefs, 79, was arrested…

Patients sue doctor, Hoag, UC Regents in sex abuse case

One plaintiff in the lawsuit said at a news conference in Irvine that she was a patient of the doctor's in Irvine in 2016.