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Roy Brown wrote:
> 
> Interesting that you would use the phrase "His name is mud".
> 
> Correct my ignorance of American History but I seem to recall that phrase
> arose from an Lincoln's assassination and Samuel Mudd. Mudds family is still
> trying to clear their name through the courts over a hundred years later.
> 

The dentist was convicted yesterday!

http://www.sunspot.net/news/custom/guns/bal-md.ho.depadua24aug24.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines 

Dentist convicted in assault of patient

10-year term possible; sentencing set for Nov. 1

By Lisa Goldberg
Sun Staff

August 24, 2002

An Ellicott City dentist was convicted yesterday of sexual 
assault and assault charges tied to a patient's claim that he 
pulled down her pants and rubbed her thighs while she was 
under the effects of a mild anesthetic.

Dr. Evan C. DePadua, 37, faces a maximum 10-year prison term 
for misdemeanor assault and fourth-degree sexual offense at 
his sentencing Nov. 1 -- although state sentencing guidelines 
recommend a probationary term.

In a case that largely pitted DePadua's word against that of his
22-year-old patient, Howard Circuit Judge Diane O. Leasure said 
that the young woman was "extremely credible," and that DePadua's
statements to investigators and during the two-day trial had "many
inconsistencies."

DePadua, who practices in the 10300 block of Baltimore National 
Pike and has been a licensed dentist in Maryland since 1997, never
disputed that the young woman's pants had been unzipped and 
lowered at some point during her dental visit on Jan. 19, 
Leasure said.

The dentist also admitted to investigators that he touched the 
woman's thighs but "not in a sexual way," and that he lied when
confronted by the woman's husband about the assault and when 
initially questioned by investigators about his use of nitrous 
oxide, she said.

Initially, DePadua denied giving the woman the gas, which dulls 
patients' awareness and makes them compliant, according to testimony.

As Leasure delivered her verdict yesterday, the woman, whom 
The Sun is not naming because of the nature of the charges, 
gripped her husband's arm and fought back tears. She later 
declined to comment.
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