Austin Psychiatrist On Trial For Sexual Assault

An Austin psychiatrist is on trial for sexually assaulting seven of his male patients. Doctor Gregory Vagshenian is charged with seven counts of sexual assault.

Assistant District Attorney Joe Maida argues Vagshenian, a psychiatrist, was performing physical exams, which turned out to be sexual acts on a number of men at a South Austin Veterans Affair Outpatient Clinic said. A former patient says the doctor sexually exploited him on this table. But he did tell somebody: an Austin police detective and an Austin attorney. Defense argues what he told the police only proves that this is all about money.

It's a crime many of Vagshenian's patients says happened to them, but they felt powerless against the doctor, and many prosecutors say had the power to send them to the psychiatric ward.

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