The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang revealed Thursday to CNN that she was sexually assaulted by her obstetrician-gynecologist.
“I was in the exam room, and I was dressed and ready to go. Then, at the last minute, he kind of made up an excuse,” she said. “He said something about, ‘I think you might need a C-section,’ and he proceeded to grab me over to him and undress me and examine me internally, ungloved.”But Yang didn’t run or fight, like she had always thought she would.
She remained silent about the traumatizing incident, not even telling her husband for months afterward. Instead, she found a new doctor.Yang said she didn’t stop blaming herself for what happened until she received a letter saying Hadden had left his practice. She began searching online and discovered another accusation of sexual assault against him.
“What happened to me should have never happened. He was arrested in his office," Yang said. “I mean at the very least, the bare minimum would be to make sure that what happened to me could have been prevented.” Hadden denies the accusations in court papers, CNN reports. Columbia has reportedly “contested the suit on procedural grounds.”
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