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On Wednesday, U.S.C.’s longtime campus gynecologist, Dr. George Tyndall, was arrested outside his apartment in Los Angeles and prosecutors charged him with 29 counts of sexual assault involving 16 women. Through his lawyers, he’s continued to deny wrongdoing.

Going back as far as the 1990s, patients and medical staff had accused Dr. Tyndall of inappropriately touching young women — many of whom had never had a gynecological exam before.

When The Los Angeles Times first reported the allegations, they were as stunning in their breadth as they were stomach churning.

And Dr. Tyndall was allowed to continue practicing and to resign quietly with a payout.

[Read the full story about the arrest of Dr. George Tyndall.]