Brooklyn, NY – Allegations of possible improprieties have surfaced against a Borough Park doctor, according to an elected official from Brooklyn.
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Assemblyman Dov Hikind took to Twitter this morning to announce that his office is looking into possible instances of abuse perpetuated by “a prominent Boro Park doctor.”
Hikind said that he first began researching the matter after being contacted by two separate people and has spoken with a number of potential victims in alleged instances that took place as far back as approximately ten years ago. All of the reported incidents involve the same physician who Hikind declined to identify at this time.
Since his tweet was posted this morning, several other people have reached out to his office, said Hikind, who hopes others who have been abused will follow suit.
“We need to get the message out there,” Hikind told VIN News. “People need to know that if something inappropriate happened to them they can’t and they shouldn’t run away. You can’t just turn your back on what happened to you because it is going to happen to someone else. This has been going on for so many years and we cannot let this go on any more.”
Hikind said he plans to continue looking into this matter, and any others, even if it extends past the end of his final term in office.
“I am committed to this for years ahead,” said Hikind. “If anyone thinks that after January 1st I will not be around, they are very sadly mistaken. I will be around even more than ever and, as always, I continue protecting the privacy of anyone who reaches out to me.”
The assemblyman is asking anyone with firsthand information of any improprieties to contact his office at [email protected] or at 718-853-9616. All names and information will be kept strictly confidential.
HOW on earth can anyone ‘come forward’ when said perpetrator’s name is being withheld?? the abuser is being protected. as usual. by the frimeh
Dov Hikind is not the police if something happened the police should investigate not Dov Hikind. Let him find a full time job!
Whoever needs to know who it is knows who it is. Its a regular adult doctor.
Whoever is on imamother has a thread there about it and facebook as well.
And why is he called prominent when all he is is a pervert…cuz I am one of his victims…as well as others I know.
A nurse took my rectal temp 30 years ago and I never got over it
This story is well known for many years now .
I know there was a stipulation at one point that he cannot treat patients without the presence of a nurse .
The problem is that no one is interested in coming forward , it is just easier to move on . It seems the frum community is the least dangerous place to be a molester .
Yup, just checked on FB and that’s exactly who I suspected it would be. A female relative who was once a patient of his, has told me what he tried to do to her. So, first hand knowledge, unfortunately.
Has he only been accused of touching or the actual “act”? And how in the world can he do the act, unconsensually, in an office with people?
Its definitely true. He touched me inappropriately while giving me a checkup. I was 18 or 19 at the time and now I am 36. So it seems like he’s been touching women inappropriately for at least 17-18 years.