The University of California has agreed to pay out another $374 million to alleged victims of former UCLA gynecologist and oncologist James Heaps. That brings the total for the thousands of plaintiffs to nearly $700 million.
It’s the largest sexual abuse-related settlement reached by a public university.
Hundreds of former Heaps patients are represented in this latest settlement by attorney Darren Kavinoky. For some of his clients, Kavinoky said, it’s “too little, too late.” “We’re left to wonder, why did it take so long? One of our clients passed away from terminal cancer during the pendency in this case,” Kavinoky said. “The settlement, frankly, could have been and should have been reached at a much earlier stage.”
In a statement, UCLA said that Heaps' alleged misconduct is “reprehensible and contrary to the university’s value’s” and that it “hopes this settlement is one step toward providing some level of healing for the plaintiffs involved.”
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