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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:34:09 -0400, pobox---@ix.netcom.com wrote:


>The dentist was convicted yesterday!

Thanks for posting.

>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.

"Practice limited to fellow inmates" 
would be my recommendation.

>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."
 
Yes.

>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.

Why?  As part of the dental treatment?

>The dentist also admitted to investigators that he touched the 
>woman's thighs but "not in a sexual way," 

In what way then? 

>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.

more lying.

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

Obvious liar, not credible.

>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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