Chiropractor guilty of five felonies, three misdemeanors in sex assaults

Published: 2011-06-10 09:38:26
Author: The Desert Sun | June 10, 2011

A Coachella Valley chiropractor has been convicted of five felonies and three misdemeanors for sexually assaulting female patients.

Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Stuart Greenwood guilty of two felony counts of sexual penetration by fraudulent representation, three felony counts of sexual battery under unlawful restraint and three misdemeanors counts of sexual battery.

All charges involve acts that allegedly occurred at his Indio office over a three-year span.

Prosecutors allege Greenwood molested the women — who came to him seeking treatment for back, shoulder and neck problems — under the guise of providing a gynecological examination, after telling them a yeast infection was the source of their pain.

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