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I reported this three years ago. But it's taken a ridiculous amount of time to even get it to this point

“I didn’t want it and was told he needed to do it if I wanted him to sign my licence,” she told The Canadian Press on Monday.

The document said Thicke’s lawyer argued that a full physical exam was the standard at the time, even though a breast exam was not explicitly required.

The board found the college’s Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee accepted that argument but didn’t offer up any evidence. It also said there were other ways in which the committee’s decision not to refer the matter to the discipline committee wasn’t supported by the records.

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The board further said the committee gave no reasons for why it didn’t give more weight to Thicke’s conduct history, noting that he had been investigated by the college on previous occasions.

In a 1994 case, the document said, another woman reported Thicke to police after receiving her pilot’s medical exam from him, alleging she had received an inappropriate breast exam.

She alleged the doctor said, “Now we are going to look at your boobies,” and lifted her shirt and bra before squeezing her breasts, the board document said.

I didn't want it and was told he needed to do it if I wanted him to sign my licence

Thicke was taken into police custody but released without charges or conditions, and the complaints committee did not pursue further investigation, it reads.

In a separate matter, the doctor was required to meet with a senior college staff member in connection with a complaint that he told a patient to remove her top and pull her underwear partway down before assessing her lumbar range of motion and “slapped her on the buttocks,” the document said.

The decision said Thicke acknowledged that was his usual practice but noted that he had no gowns in the office at the time and has since rectified the issue.

According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons he’s been a registered doctor in Ontario since 1956.