George Tyndall, US university gynaecologist accused of preying on Asian students, found dead
- The doctor, who allegedly assaulted hundreds of unconscious victims at the University of Southern California student health centre, had been due to stand trial
- The university had already agreed to pay more than US$1 billion to hundreds of women who had made accusations against Tyndall
A campus gynaecologist for a top California university who had been charged with sexually abusing patients has been found dead at his home, his lawyer said on Thursday.
George Tyndall had been due to stand trial over claims he assaulted unconscious patients at the prestigious University of Southern California’s student health centre multiple times between 2009 and 2016.
He allegedly targeted minority students – including many from the university’s large Asian student population.
Tyndall, 76, had denied the charges, even as the university agreed to pay more than US$1 billion to hundreds of women who had made accusations against him.
Lawyer Leonard Levine said Tyndall had been found unresponsive in his Los Angeles apartment on Wednesday by a friend who had used a key to get in after being unable to make contact.
“We’re 99 per cent sure it was natural causes,” Levine said, but added that an autopsy would probably be carried out to determine the cause of death.
