LOS ANGELES : Ex-Doctor Gets 13 Years for Sex Assaults on 4 Patients
A former Brentwood doctor was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting four female patients, including two who were patients at a Panorama City clinic.
Superior Court Judge Charles Horan imposed the sentence on Yahya Lavi, 56, during a hearing in Downtown Los Angeles, despite pleas by prosecutors to impose a 37-year prison term.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Beatriz Donoghue, who described Lavi’s actions as “reprehensible” and “predatory,” said she was satisfied with the sentence.
A jury convicted Lavi, a decertified orthopedic surgeon, in April of 10 felony and criminal counts of sexual battery and rape, and penetration with a foreign object when the victim was unconscious.
Audrey Winograde, an attorney representing Lavi, said her client maintains his innocence.
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