Undated handout photo of Dr. George Tyndall. An additional 30 women sued USC on Wednesday, claiming that the university failed to protect them from abuse and mistreatment by the long-time campus gynaecologist. Photo: USC/TNS
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University of Southern California gynaecologist accused of groping student as he told her ‘Taiwan ob-gyn doctors have fun with girls’
30 more women are suing USC for allegedly failing to protect them from Dr George Tyndall, who is accused of preying on Asian students
A recent USC graduate and patient of Dr George Tyndall, is photographed in downtown Los Angeles on May 16. Photo: TNS
An additional 30 women sued the University of Southern California on Wednesday, claiming that the university failed to protect them from abuse and mistreatment by the long-time campus gynecologist, Dr George Tyndall.
The new claims bring the total number of patients suing USC to more than 340 and come as students return to the Los Angeles campus for the start of the fall semester. Tyndall has been accused of particularly targeting Asian students, and in May the Chinese government issued a statement expressing “serious concerns” about USC’s handling of his case.
In the latest lawsuit, former patients ranging in age from 22 to 52 accused Tyndall of touching them inappropriately, making lewd remarks and performing vaginal exams without gloves.
Among the plaintiffs, all of whom were anonymous in court papers, a former graduate student now living in Taiwan alleged that around 2014 and 2015, Tyndall groped her breasts and made harassing comments.
The doctor told her, “Taiwan’s ob-gyn doctors always have a lot of fun with girls,” according to the lawsuit.
Another former patient said that during a 1998 pelvic exam, Tyndall probed her vagina “for several minutes” and told her that she would “need a man with a big penis to satisfy her,” according to the lawsuit.
Tyndall, 71, has denied any wrongdoing and said his exams were always appropriate. His defence attorneys echoed his denials.
“Dr Tyndall takes all allegations seriously, but he continues to maintain that he engaged in no criminal conduct, and that his medical examinations were always within the standard of care for such examinations,” said Leonard Levine, a criminal defence lawyer. 
People enter the University of Southern California's Engemann Student Health Centre in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
N. Denise Taylor, who is representing Tyndall in scores of civil lawsuits, said she was confident that her client’s exams were “within the standard of care in the community during the relevant time periods.”
USC has indicated it wants to resolve the cases as a group and without a lot of legal wrangling. Chairman Rick Caruso of the university’s board of trustees recently said he wanted to see the cases settled “as quickly as possible.” 
Attorney Gloria Allred listens as her client, Danielle Mohazab, speaks in May about an alleged incident during a 2016 exam with University of Southern California gynecologist Dr George Tyndall. An additional 30 women sued the University of Southern California on Wednesday over the school’s handling of Tyndall; Mohazab was already suing. Photo: Reuters
An internal USC investigation concluded that Tyndall’s behaviour during pelvic exams was outside the scope of current medical practice and amounted to sexual harassment of patients. But in a secret deal last summer, top administrators allowed Tyndall to resign quietly with a financial payout.
The university did not inform Tyndall’s patients. Nor did USC report him at the time to the Medical Board of California, the agency responsible for protecting the public from problem doctors.
USC contended that it was under no legal obligation to report Tyndall but did so in March. A statement from the university said that “in hindsight,” USC should have reported him earlier.
The allegations against Tyndall prompted hundreds of former patients to come forward and recount their experiences with the gynecologist. USC’s handling of Tyndall also sparked a faculty uprising against the school’s president, C.L. Max Nikias, leading to his formal resignation last week.