Doctor Gets 3 Years for Assaulting Patients
From Times Staff Reports
A physician was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting four female patients, a prosecutor said Friday.
Dr. Arthur Mason, 35, of Stevenson Ranch, who practiced in Valencia and East Los Angeles, was arrested in January after two patients reported him to police. While charges were pending, he sexually assaulted two more patients.
Mason surrendered his medical license Wednesday, was sentenced Thursday and will remain a registered sex offender for life.
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