IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- The University of California, Los Angeles has paid more than $3.5 million in settlements over a former gynecologist.
One of those settlements, worth $2 million, is to a patient who said she was sexually assaulted by Dr. James Heaps.
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Heaps was charged in June with sexual battery and exploitation in connection with his treatment of two patients, including that assault case.
He has pleaded not guilty.
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His attorney said he will continue to fight the charges.