Columbia University settles for $750M with victims of sicko ex-gyno Robert Hadden
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A sicko ex-doctor is now costing Columbia University over $1 billion after a new sex abuse settlement with nearly 600 victims was inked Monday.

Columbia University has agreed to a historic $750 million settlement with 576 victims of the disgraced gynecologist and convicted sex offender Robert Hadden, resulting in an average payout of $1.3 million per case, according to the victims’ attorney. 

The deal was approved in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday.

“This settlement is not about money — it’s about accountability,” said victim Laurie Maldonando.

“Columbia University enabled sadistic abuse,” stated Maldonado, who was a patient of Hadden’s for almost ten years, “and now, they’ve been compelled to acknowledge the truth.”

In 2023, Hadden was sentenced to 20 years in prison for exploiting and sexually abusing hundreds of vulnerable patients throughout his tenure as a gynecologist at prestigious hospitals in New York City, including those affiliated with Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian.

“For far too long, Columbia and New York-Presbyterian have prioritized protecting their reputations over protecting their patients,” said attorney Anthony T. DiPietro, who has battled with Columbia in court on behalf of hundreds of Hadden victims since 2012. 

DiPietro said he discovered a “smoking gun” that year — a letter penned by the then head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia in 1995, apologizing for “Hadden’s assault” and undercutting the institution’s claims they were unaware — by digging around the Utah basement of a client.

The attorney had already secured $277 million in previous settlements against Columbia for Hadden victims, bringing the hospitals total payouts to just over $1 billion with Monday’s agreement.

When Columbia announced they were establishing a $100 million victims fund in 2023, DiPietro said it was “woefully inadequate.” 

“This settlement sends a powerful message that we’re here to ensure that institutions covering up exploitation and abuse will be held fully accountable for their crimes,” DiPietro said about Monday’s agreement. 

Another sicko physician, urologist Darius Paduch, is also being pursued by DiPietro, who represents 400 men claiming to be victims of the disgraced doctor.

“Hospitals cannot be allowed to cover up misconduct that harms patients—especially when it involves predatory physicians hiding behind their medical licenses to exploit and abuse, ” said DiPietro.

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