Saturday, July 30, 2005

Doctor Accused of Demanding Sex for Drugs

An Indian American doctor in Washington has been charged with asking sexual favours from a female patient for months in return for much-needed but highly addictive prescription drugs.

Abhay Vivek Aggoria, 51, of Woodbridge in the greater Washington area was charged with making a patient perform sex acts with him in return for treatment, in a case that is part of a broader probe into physicians, pharmacists and patients suspected of distributing potent narcotics.

The doctor fondled the woman and then prescribed Percocet pills for her during a series of office visits starting last year. The behaviour is alleged to have continued until January.

According to the court papers, at one point Aggroia told the woman that if she wanted more Percocet, she would have to provide 'more' for him. When the woman asked what that meant, Aggroia told her in 'blunt and graphic terms' that he wanted oral sex, the papers said, adding she complied during weekly and biweekly visits because she had become addicted to the medication.

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