OCDA SEEKING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FEMALE PATIENT DURING FRAUDULENT BREAST EXAMINTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Case #18HF1044

Date: July 25, 2018

OCDA SEEKING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FEMALE PATIENT DURING FRAUDULENT BREAST EXAMINATION

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking potential additional victims of a doctor accused of inappropriately touching a female patient during a fraudulent breast examination.

Circumstances of the Case

• At the time of the crimes, House was a practicing physician in Mission Viejo specializing in family medicine.
• On Aug. 23, 2016, House is accused of conducting a medical examination on Jane Doe for a skin allergy.
• During the appointment, the defendant is accused of touching a female patient inappropriately in several body areas, including conducting a fraudulent breast examination by reaching under her dress and groping the victim without any medical justification.
• Jane Doe reported the assault to the Medical Board’s Central Complaint Unit (CCU)
• This case was investigated by the Department of Consumer Affairs at the request of the Medical Board and referred to the OCDA for criminal prosecution.
• On May 18, 2018, a judge granted an order prohibiting House from seeing any female patients without a third-party chaperone for the duration of the criminal proceedings. The order was requested by the Attorney General’s Office on behalf of the Medical Board of California.
• The order restricting House’s practice can be read here.

Anyone with additional information or who believes they may have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising Investigator Stan Berry of the Special Prosecutions Unit at (714) 664-3964.

Prosecutor: Deputy District Attorney Devin Campbell, Special Prosecutions Unit