Crime & Safety
OC Doctor Charged With Sexually Assaulting 9 Male Patients
The Newport Beach doctor was charged with assaulting nine male patients under the guise of medical exams.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A doctor who specializes in treating LGBTQ+ people was charged with assaulting nine male patients under the guise of medical examinations, authorities said Wednesday.
Dr. William Thompson IV, 56, of Huntington Beach, was charged with eight felony counts of sexual penetration by means of fraudulent representation of professional purpose, three felony counts of sexual battery by fraud, and two felony counts of forcible oral copulation.
Thompson is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 2 in Newport Beach. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s office, he is free on $100,000 bond.
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Prosecutors said the alleged assaults of patients occurred between 2016 and 2020. He was arrested Sept. 20 at his medical practice.
Thompson faces a maximum sentence of 30 years to life in prison, plus an additional 25 years, if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney's Office.
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