Vance added that because a conviction is never guaranteed in a criminal trial, his office’s primary concern was holding Mr. We support all of his survivors, and applaud their strength and courage.” Hadden was a serial sexual predator who used access and power to take advantage of women in their most vulnerable states. “It was very strategic so that the judge wouldn’t be influenced if there were dozens of women in court saying that this man had assaulted them to this degree, maybe the judge would have said, ‘Why is he not getting any jail time? Why aren’t you pursuing jail time?’” “I was just flat-out denied,” she told CNN. Yang said she was frustrated that she was not allowed to speak directly to the judge when Mr. Yang said an assistant district attorney in the office “sounded apologetic” about the deal. Vance’s office also went against the recommendation of a state panel and sought the lowest sex offender status for the doctor, which a judge granted. Hadden gave up his medical license and pleaded guilty to a single felony count of criminal sexual act in the third degree, and one misdemeanor count of forcible touching. Vance Jr., agreed to a plea deal that allowed Mr. In 2016, the office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Hadden and testified before the grand jury that indicted him in 2014 on charges involving six women, including five counts of a criminal sexual act. But she said she later worked with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to build a case against Mr. Yang said she was “frozen” during the assault. He said something about, ‘I think you might need a C-section,’ and he proceeded to grab me over to him and undress me and examine me internally, ungloved.” “Then, at the last minute, he kind of made up an excuse. “I was dressed and ready to go,” she told CNN. Hadden assaulted her in his exam room when she was seven months pregnant. Yang said she was assaulted by Robert Hadden, a gynecologist in Manhattan who has since been accused of sexual abuse by multiple patients. She added that “everyone has their own MeToo story,” but “not everyone has the audience or platform to tell their story, and I actually feel like I’m in this very privileged position to be able to do that.”
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