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Gynecologist Imprisoned For Sex Abuse

A gynecologist was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for raping and fondling patients who came to his clinics looking for treatment. Prosecutors also say he prescribed painkillers for no medical reasons, pressured patients into surgeries and double-billed companies for procedures.

Charles Momah was sentenced to nearly three months in prison after a jury convicted him on two counts of rape and two counts of indecent liberties with patients. Prosecutors say he performed gynecological exams without gloves, touched patients in a sexual manner, probed them unnecessarily with a vaginal ultrasound wand and unprofessionally flirted with them.

Lawyer Harish Bharti, representing dozens of women in civil lawsuits against Momah and his twin, who at times assumed the identity of the gynecologist, says, "They will be sleeping with both eyes closed for the first time in so many years. My clients lived in fear under his reign of terror for years."