Overview
- The Suffolk grand jury, which returned its decision Tuesday, charged Dr. Derrick Todd with 21 counts of rape, 59 counts of indecent assault and battery, and one count of assault with intent to rape linked to 22 patients ages 17 to 56.
- Prosecutors say the alleged assaults occurred from 2017 to 2023 at Brigham and Women’s facilities in Boston’s Hale Building and at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain.
- Todd now faces more than 100 criminal counts across two counties after a Middlesex grand jury previously indicted him on three rape charges and 17 counts of indecent assault and battery, to which he pleaded not guilty.
- Investigators allege he performed unnecessary and prolonged pelvic and breast exams and procedures outside accepted standards and training, with many patients seeking care for serious pain.
- Defense lawyers deny the allegations and expect details at arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court, while more than 270 former patients pursue civil suits and Todd remains under an agreement to stop practicing medicine.