Posted on 03/19/2008 6:45:28 PM PDT by JRochelle
AMERICAN FORK - Four women testified against an American Fork chiropractor Tuesday, accusing him of touching them inappropriately during treatments.
Grant Hildreth, 44, faces eight counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, and one count of witness tampering, a third-degree felony. Prosecutor Alex Ludlow said the testimony of the alleged victims, who took the stand on the second day of a five-day jury trial, show a pattern of Hildreth "trying to see how far he could push things."
A former employee of Hildreth's broke down in tears as she testified that the chiropractor had offered to "take a look" at a vaginal infection several times, on two occasions putting his hand inside her body to apply a colloidal silver gel and rubbing the woman for a prolonged time.
The former receptionist testified that on the second occurrence, Hildreth refused to stop rubbing her after she said "that's enough" several times and told him it hurt. Instead, she said, he began to massage her breasts as well as her genital area, "snatching" her hospital gown away from her and turning off the light of the exam room.
"I trusted him. He was my boss. He was my doctor," she said to explain why she consented to another treatment after the first incident. "I thought he was looking out for my best interests . . . I thought he was my friend."
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Why did they put "snatching" in quotes?
Maybe it's a quote from the receptionist's complaint.
The receptionist obviously doesn’t know the difference between a chiropractor and a gynecologist.
Fork? What did they expect in American Fork?
Why on earth would you think it was okay to let your chiropracter have anything to do with your genitals? ARe these women that dumb?
Did they previously get their breast exams in the KMart parking lot by the guy with the FBI (Federal Breast Inspector) t-shirt?
Reminds me of the Chiropractic Rap by Mr. Curtiss...something like...
My name is Mr. C and don’t go messin’ with me,
Cuz I got my degree in chiropology.
I do a lil this, and I do a lil that,
and I fix that pain what’s in your back.
The doctors don’t like me but I don’t care,
Cuz I get to see the ladies in their underwear!
I crack your back and I crack your spine
I even crack you where the sun don’t shine.
My fees are the lowest that you’ve ever seen
And you don’t pay a dime if your daughter’s sixteen
No you don’t pay a dime if your daughter’s sixteen...
Almost as bad as the old man in FL who went door to door offering pelvic exams to women.
Some women took him up on the offer and then realized, “hey, that don’t feel right!”
Words never spoken by a chiropractor: Well, I don’t know what exactly is causing your condition, but there’s one thing I’m absolutely certain of-it’s not your spine!
“Now if I wanted to examine your Eustachian tube, Mrs. Loffler, what is the first thing I would say to you?”“Well — I don’t know, but something like ‘Take off your dress,’ or something like that.”
“Why should I?”
“Because it’s customary.”
“Not in my office.”
“It was when Dr. English examined me.”
“Made you take your clothes off to examine your Eustachian tube? That old rascal, Billy English.”
“He was a perfect gentleman. I wasn’t a bit embarrassed.”
“Mrs. Loffler, I might as well stop kidding you. The Eustachian tube is here, in your ear.” He tapped his ear.
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— John O’Hara, A Case History.
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