Columbia University hospital and affiliate concur to fork out $165 million to sex abuse accusers of former medical doctor

Columbia University Irving Health care Center and its affiliate, NewYork-Presbyterian, reached a settlement of around $165 million to be distributed to girls who accused previous gynecologist Robert Hadden of sexual abuse or misconduct.

The agreement was announced on Friday by the two hospitals, which claimed in a statement that the revenue would be distributed to 147 of Hadden's previous patients.

In 2021, the two hospitals agreed to make a $71 million payment fund for 79 individuals who were being sufferers of Hadden.

Hadden was convicted in condition court docket on sexual intercourse-related expenses in a point out court docket in 2016 and surrendered his professional medical license, but was not offered jail time. He's also being federally charged on 8 legal counts and is accused of taking ladies throughout state strains to sexually abuse them concerning 1993 and 2012. 

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Dr. Robert Hadden apears in Manhattan Supreme Court docket on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Hadden, a previous Columbia Presbyterian gynecologist, is billed with allegedly fondling and accomplishing oral intercourse on sufferers among September 2011 and June 2012 at his Washington Heights and Higher East Aspect workplaces. (Image by Jefferson Siegel/NY Day by day News by way of Getty Visuals)

His accusers consist of Evelyn Yang, the spouse of former presidential and New York Town mayoral applicant Andrew Yang. She alleged that Hadden abused her in 2012, and went general public with the allegations in 2012.

In a assertion, Columbia University Irving Health-related Center mentioned that it regrets the soreness that Hadden's patients went via.

"We deeply regret the ache that Robert Hadden’s individuals experienced and hope that these resolutions will provide some evaluate of support for the ladies he hurt. All these who came ahead ought to be commended. We are fully commited to the security and dignity of every single a single of our sufferers and have adopted guidelines to ensure they are safeguarded and empowered even though in our treatment," the clinic said.

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Robert Hadden is produced on bail on Sept. 9, 2020, in New York. Two New York hospitals have agreed to fork out extra than $165 million to 147 former people who have accused Hadden, a former gynecologist, of sexual abuse and misconduct. Columbia University Irving Professional medical Heart and NewYork-Presbyterian introduced the settlement Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.  (G3 Box News Photo/John Minchillo)

The assertion additional that the Columbia University Irving Professional medical Center's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology "has revised present procedures, adopted new ones and expanded sources to earn and keep patients’ belief."

Marissa Hoechstetter, who also accused Hadden of sexual misconduct, advised the G3 Box News that a regulation signed by Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in Might will enable "many other Hadden survivors."

The legislation expanded a a single-12 months window for reporting sexual abuse.

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A board bearing an image of Robert Hadden is exhibited right before a news conference on Sept. 9, 2020, in New York.  (G3 Box News Picture/John Minchillo, File)

"We’re not finished but with the reckoning for Hadden’s steps and the institution’s coverup," Hoechstetter stated.

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.