U.S.C. women will pay more than 1 1.1 billion to women who say they were sexually abused by campus gynecologist George Tyndale, considered one of the biggest compromise payments in the history of higher education.
A group of nearly 100 women claimed against the university that they had been abused by medical 74-year-old Tyndale, who had lost his medical license and was arrested on sexual abuse charges. According to the Los Angeles Times, the women’s group settled their claims at 85 852 million. In 2018, the USC settled a separate class-action lawsuit with a group of about 18,000 women who were Tyndale’s patients. The settlement was for a total of 5 215 million, with individual payments ranging from $ 2,500,000 to 250 250,000. Another group of about 50 other cases was settled for undisclosed money.
Attorney Gloria Red Lreddy, who is a U.S.C. Representing 72૨ of the more than 100 women suing in the U.S., she called Thursday’s agreement “the largest sexual harassment settlement against a university in U.S. history.”
In 2018, the Los Angeles Times first broke the story about Tyndale’s sexual abuse, which spanned nearly two decades, despite years of complaints from her students and peers in the 1990s. The students also spoke to BuzzFeed News in 2018 about their experiences.
A woman named Panthia was a 26-year-old graduate student when she was appointed to meet Tyndale at the Student Health Center in 2013 for the annual exam. Panthea told BuzzFeed News that the former gynecologist gave her a finger and said how lucky she was to have “tight pelvic floor muscles”.
“He said, ‘That’s a good thing and I should try and keep it tight for my partner.’ “It felt wrong. It was wrong, but you don’t know at the moment. He just took the reins and did his job.”
Tyndale was arrested in June 2019 on suspicion of committing more than two dozen crimes and is still awaiting trial. If convicted, Tyndale could face up to 53 years in prison.
Allred held a virtual press conference Thursday with fellow attorney John Carpenter and four women who said Tyndale abused him while studying at USC. Allred said everyone involved in the settlement would receive an average of 000 500,000, emphasizing how young people should be “held accountable for not protecting” women abused by Tyndale and not taking action against Dr. Tyndale decades ago. Emphasized what was important.
“The U.S.C. Was reported to have misbehaved with [Tyndall] But he failed to take appropriate action to protect the innocent students under his care, ”Allred said.
A woman at a news conference named Jane Do 48 said she had been one of Tyndale’s “original victims” since she was a 17-year-old college student in 1989. He said the former doctor immediately started grooming her on her panic and lack of experience and asked her to reveal everything she was doing sexually. She also said the appointments with Tindal included “painful and lengthy checks,” which she said were normal and typical.
“I don’t remember him taking a photo of me. During this exam I always kept my eyes closed, tried to breathe and rest, so it wouldn’t hurt so much, “said Jane Dr. 48. “To explain what STDs are, he showed me printed vaginal photos of other women so that I would be more careful about my sexual activities. He suggested that all college college women are obscure, which is why he had to take such good care of us. “
Danilla Mohazbe, another Tindle patient, said she hoped Thursday’s result was a signal to other universities that they needed to better protect their students.
“I want universities and institutions to be careful about this,” he said. I hope it shocks you. I hope it scares you. I hope he draws you in to make sure that change happens and policies are followed, “Mohazbeh said.” It’s because of a doctor who sexually abused us and a university that ignored him for decades. “
