SAN JOSE
– The Gilroy family doctor accused of sexually assaulting five
female patients during pelvic exams will not find out the date of
his new trial until April 9, a judge decided at a hearing
Wednesday.
SAN JOSE – The Gilroy family doctor accused of sexually assaulting five female patients during pelvic exams will not find out the date of his new trial until April 9, a judge decided at a hearing Wednesday.
Dr. Raul Ixtlahuac, who practiced as a family physician for nearly 12 years at Kaiser Permanente’s Gilroy offices at 7120 Arroyo Circle, was acquitted on March 11 on one of six counts of sexual assault, but a jury of eight men and four woman couldn’t reach an unanimous decision on the five other charges.
Another alleged victim has stepped forward, but Deputy District Attorney Chuck Gillingham has not decided whether to charge Ixtlahuac with the woman’s claims.
Ixtlahuac, 41, will be facing more than 10 years of prison time for four counts of alleged felony penetration with a foreign object and one count of alleged felony sexual battery for instances occurring between the fall of 2000 and spring of 2001.
Throughout the two-week trial, four alleged victims of Ixtlahuac’s testified the doctor penetrated them with his penis during pelvic examinations, and two woman claimed he rubbed them in a sexual manner with his fingers. The doctor was found innocent of one of the latter counts. The jury reported voting 10-2 in favor of guilty on two counts of penetration and 9-3 in favor of guilty on the other three charges.
Ixtlahuac has been on paid administrative leave from Kaiser since his May 2001 arrest.
