US EditionFormer Queens Doctor Facing 24 Years for Sexually Abusing Patients: DA
- On June 30, 2025, Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, a gastroenterologist from Queens, admitted guilt in state court to numerous charges involving the sexual assault of hospital patients and acquaintances.
- Cheng’s abuse surfaced after a victim came forward, leading to a 50-count indictment in August 2023 and additional charges in March 2024 as more victims emerged and evidence was gathered.
- Authorities found videos on digital devices that showed Cheng sexually abusing unconscious sedated patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital and filming assaults in his apartment between 2020 and 2022.
- Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz highlighted the severity and disturbing nature of Zhi Alan Cheng’s actions, emphasizing the betrayal inherent in his role as a healthcare provider bound by a duty to do no harm. His sentencing is set for August 28, 2025.
- Cheng was suspended from practicing medicine in New York in 2023, and a Queens Supreme Court judge is anticipated to impose a 24-year prison term upon sentencing.
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A doctor pleaded guilty on Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients in his New York City hospital and raping women who were unconscious in his home. Zhi Alan Cheng admitted to abusing seven women, including three patients he was treating at the New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Cheng, now 35 years old, was arrested in 2022 after a known woman discovered a video where she appeared abusing her at…
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New York City doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital
A New York doctor has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse. Prosecutors say gastroenterologist Zhi Alan Cheng admitted to drugging and assaulting female patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital and women he knew personally.
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