Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
CHICAGO — A lawsuit against two top Chicago hospitals accuses an OB-GYN of sexually abusing more than 300 women, most of them Latina and Spanish speakers, and alleges that the hospitals ignored the women’s complaints. The complaint is the latest chapter in the legal saga against Fabio Ortega, 77, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to sexually abusing two patients.
They were sent to him for treatment, attorneys said, because he spoke Spanish. For a 48-year-old woman from Mexico who is one of the alleged victims anonymously quoted in the lawsuit, the case has resurrected painful memories she had buried years ago. NBC News does not normally identify victims of sexual assault, and the woman asked to remain anonymous because she said she hasn’t told her two adult daughters about her experiences.
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