Ex-UCLA Gynecologist Found Guilty of 5 Sex-Related Charges, Acquitted of 7 Others

An exterior view of the Airport Branch Courthouse of the Los Angeles Superior Court at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 7, 2013. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

A former University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) gynecologist was found guilty Oct. 20 of sexually abusing patients during his tenure at the university.

Dr. James Mason Heaps, 65, was indicted on 21 sex-related charges involving seven patients between 2009 and 2018 but was only found guilty of five counts—three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person.