Child Psychiatrist Settles Molestation Lawsuit
A child psychiatrist has reached a confidential lawsuit settlement with a former patient who accused the defendant of molesting him when he was a 13-year-old boy in the late 1970s.
The settlement involving William Ayres, a past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was submitted to San Mateo County Presiding Judge George Miram on Tuesday, the day after a civil trial had been scheduled to begin. The settlement was confirmed by Robert Tobin, an attorney for the now-40-year-old former patient, and by Ayres’ lawyer, Donald Putterman. Terms were not disclosed.
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