The University of California has agreed to pay $243.6 million to settle allegations that hundreds of women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers and the university announced Tuesday.
The settlement covers about 50 cases involving 203 women who said they were groped or otherwise abused by Dr. James Heaps over a 35-year career. Each will receive $1.2 million, attorneys said.
The deal was reached with the assistance of a private mediator after substantial litigation, the parties said.
The lawsuits said that UCLA ignored decades of complaints and deliberately concealed abuse.
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