Former Cedars-Sinai ER Doctor Accused Of Serial Sexual Assault

LOS ANGELES, CA — An emergency room doctor who worked at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center emergency is set to be arraigned Monday on charges of sexually assaulting several women including a colleague.

Anshul Gandhi, 34, faces seven years in prison if convicted of four felony counts of sexual battery for a series of attacks dating back to 2016, according to Deputy District Attorney Melissa Lyons of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Division.

According to prosecutors, Gandhi sexually assaulted a 36-year-old woman at his Los Angeles apartment in October 2016. Two months later, Gandhi allegedly sexually assaulted a 31-year-old woman at his apartment following a holiday party.

In July 2018, Gandhi is accused of committing another sexual assault after bringing a 27-year-old woman to his apartment. The defendant also allegedly sexually assaulted a 31-year-old colleague at her Downtown apartment last December, according to the District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors are recommending that bail be set at $100,000.

"I think the police acted very inappropriately and a rush to judgment," Gandhi's attorney, former prosecutor Michael Kraut, told Channel 4. "He gave a voluntary statement, gave voluntary DNA to the police department, and gave them clues where they should look to show that the victim is absolutely making this story up."

Cedars-Sinai officials said Gandhi no longer is affiliated with the hospital, but did not say when the arrangement ended.

"He has never been a Cedars-Sinai employee, but formerly provided services as a contract physician," a hospital spokesperson told the station.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.