SHE AND 20 OTHER WOMEN ARE SUING THE DOCTOR AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM,
SAYING THEY WERE ASSAULTED IN
THE EXAM ROOM.
OVERNIGHT, EVELYN YANG, THE WIFE
OF ANDREW YANG, SAID SHE WAS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A
GYNECOLOGIST.
GYNECOLOGIST. YANG TELLING CNN IT HAPPENED IN
2012, WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN MONTHS
PREGNANT AND WAS INITIALLY
AFRAID TO TELL ANYONE.
>> I WAS IN THE EXAM ROOM.
I WAS DRESSED AND READY TO GO.
HE PROCEEDED TO GRAB ME OVER TO
HIM AND UNDRESS ME AND EXAMINE
ME INTERNALLY, UNGLOVED.
I KNEW I WAS BEING ASSAULTED.
>> Reporter: YANG SAID SHE WAS
FROZEN DURING THE ASSAULT.
>> I REMEMBER TRYING TO FIX MY
EYES ON A SPOT ON THE WALL AND
JUST TRYING TO AVOID SEEING HIS
FACE, AS HE WAS ASSAULTING ME.
WAITING FOR IT TO BE OVER.
>> Reporter: YANG SAYS SHE
LEARNED THAT OTHER WOMEN HAD
MADE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
DR. ROBERT HADDON.
AND IN 2014, HE WAS INDICTED IN
NEW YORK ON CHARGES FROM SIX
PATIENTS, BUT NOT HER.
HADDON WAS CHARGED WITH FIVE
COUNTS OF A CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT,
TWO COUNTS OF FORCIBLE TOUCHING
AND TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
HADDON’S LAWYER HAS DENIED
YANG’S ALLEGATIONS.
YANG’S ALLEGATIONS. IN 2016, CY VANCE AGREED TO A
PLEA DEAL WITH HADDON.
HE LOST HIS MEDICAL LICENSE AND
HAD TO REGISTER AS THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF SEX OFFENDER.
YANG SAYS SHE FELT AFFECTED BY
THE PLEA DEAL, SINCE IT DID NOT
INVOLVE HER CASE AND HE WAS ABLE
TO AVOID JAIL.
>> THE D.A.’S OFFICE IS MEANT TO
PROTECT US.
PROTECT US. IS MEANT TO SERVE JUSTICE.
AND THERE WAS NO JUSTICE HERE.
>> Reporter: VANCE’S OFFICE
STANDS BY ITS HANDLING OF THE
CASE, RELEASING A STATEMENT
SAYING, IN PART, BECAUSE A
CONVICTION IS NEVER A GUARANTEED
OUTCOME IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL, OUR
PRIMARY CONCERN WAS HOLDING HIM
ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING SURE HE
COULD NEVER DO THIS AGAIN, WHICH
IS WHY WE INSISTED ON A FELONY