US Hospital to Pay $190 Million to Women Secretly Videotaped by Doctor

A major U.S. medical institution has agreed to pay $190 million to more than 8,000 women who were secretly photographed and videotaped by a gynecologist as he examined them at the hospital. Monday's settlement covers claims Dr. Nikita Levy recorded images of the women for several years with a pen-like camera he wore around his neck as he gave them pelvic exams at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fired by the hospital in February 2013 after a female colleague...

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