Surgeon Charged with Gunpoint Sexual Assault

A Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indictment alleges that Dr. Maurizio Miglietta, a 56-year-old prominent surgeon, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint in his apartment after luring her under the pretext of professional networking. Despite pleading not guilty to multiple charges, including rape, prosecutors report the woman escaped after Miglietta displayed a firearm and assaulted her while she repeatedly said “no.”

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