Six women from The University of Southern California filed civil lawsuits against USC after failing to address complaints towards Dr. George Tyndall, 71, who allegedly sexually victimized them under the pretext of medical care.

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One woman said that the doctor, who was the school’s full-time gynecologist at the university’s health clinic, forced an entire ungloved hand into her vagina during an appointment with her in 2003, while making “vulgar” comments about her genitalia.

Another woman accused the doctor of groping her breast in 2008, then falsely saying that she “likely had AIDS.”

Victims reportedly were stripped naked naked during exams and given unnecessary skin exams.

One USC law school graduate, Lucy Chi, said that Tyndall fingered her to loosen up her vaginal muscles before he used a medical device.

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Though she told him this was unnecessary and his conduct distressed her, she continued to reassure herself, thinking, “maybe this is how an examination is conducted at USC,” she said.

The victims were made to believe that the doctor was conducting a legitimate medical treatment since chaperones were present during examinations.

Over three decades of working at USC, Tyndall was reported by over 200 of his former patients. But the physician claimed in previous interviews that his medical exams were thorough and appropriate, saying that holding open sexual discussions was part of how he treated late adolescents at the school.

The school acknowledged that they had been receiving reports of Tyndall’s misconduct since the early 2000s and many of the school’s current administrators conceded that the doctor should have been fired years prior.

But Tyndall was only suspended in June 2016, after a supervising nurse, Cindy Gilbert became frustrated when nothing was done to address the complaints against the doctor.

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She reported him to the campus rape crisis center. This resulted in him being banned from the clinic and being put on paid leave for almost a year. An investigation was done thereafter.

In 2017, the university entered into a separation agreement with Tyndall in order to cut ties with him. Now the school is doing some damage control.

A letter was sent out to the university community on Friday by USC President C.L. Max Nikias after he read through all the reports about the physician.

“The former physician’s behavior distresses us deeply. He should have been removed and referred to the authorities years ago,” he wrote. “Once again, I want to personally apologize to any student who visited our student health center and was made to feel uncomfortable in any way. You deserved better, and we let you down.”

Since the news of the physician’s abuse broke out, hundreds of Tyndall’s former patients have shared their experiences during their appointments through the school’s hotline and an online portal.

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Attorney John Manly, the lawyer on the case and a USC graduate, said, “He’d been doing this for 30 years so the numbers could be staggering,”

“It makes me sick to my stomach,” he said. “The board needs to look at these women not as adversaries, but as members of the USC family who have been greatly wronged.”

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