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Yahoo
5 days ago
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More sexual assault charges filed against Provo OBGYN David Broadbent
If you or someone you know needs help, call the Rape & Sexual Assault Crisis Line 1-888-421-1100. PROVO, Utah () — The Provo OBGYN who was sued in 2022 for sexual assault and later received criminal charges for rape is now charged in two more criminal cases. David Broadbent, 77, has been charged with ten new felonies in two separate cases filed today. One case involves one count of object rape, and the other involves one count of object rape and eight counts of forcible sexual abuse. This brings the total number of sexual assault cases that Broadbent has been charged with to eight. He is facing a total of 29 felonies across his cases, including 19 counts of object rape and 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse. Provo OBGYN now faces 17 sexual assault felonies after 2 new charges filed In 2022, Broadbent was who said that they had been sexually assaulted by the doctor, some cases going back into the 80s. Victims said that he would lie about procedures being medically necessary as a 'guise' to assault them. Since 2022, have said they were impacted across several lawsuits. Two years later, in June 2024, Broadbent was charged with his after the lawsuit. He was charged with object rape and forcible sexual abuse, and has pleaded not guilty to both charges. A jury trial is set for March 2026. Since then, Broadbent in seven more cases involving rape and sexual assault, the latest of which were filed today by the Utah County Attorney's Office. The first case filed today dates back to 2004. The victim said that she went to Broadbent's office for a pre-marital exam in April of that year. According to documents, during the exam, the victim said that Broadbent sexually abused her while 'examining' her. He then told her he needed to examine her breasts, and sexually assaulted the victim. Provo gynecologist charged with sexual abuse two years after allegations surface in lawsuit The second case filed dates back to 2020. Documents say that this victim was experiencing a high-risk pregnancy, and had several visits to Broadbent as her OBGYN. She had nine visits to his office, and said that on each of those occasions he inappropriately touched her breasts under the guise of checking for breast cancer. During one of this victims' visits, documents say that Broadbent performed an examination to check for dilation, and she felt 'the amount of time he spent looking wasn't appropriate.' Broadbent has a preliminary hearing scheduled on July 22 involving several of his cases. Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
27-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Utah man arrested after cops stumble upon 71 homemade bombs in his apartment
A Utah man was arrested after police discovered 71 homemade bombs and a substantial stockpile of bomb-making materials inside his Orem apartment, according to Provo Police. Eric Whitaker, 41, was taken into custody on Friday after allegedly brandishing a weapon near the Provo Towne Centre Mall. Following his arrest, authorities secured a search warrant for his apartment. Inside, officers uncovered bomb-making supplies and 'a large number of home-made improvised explosive anti-personnel fragmentation grenade devices,' Provo Police said in a press release. The Metro Bomb Squad was called to the scene, prompting the evacuation of the apartment building as the devices were recovered safely. In total, 71 homemade explosive devices were seized along with additional bomb-making materials. Whitaker is now facing 71 counts of possession of weapons of mass destruction and one count of possessing bomb-making materials. The case has been referred to the Utah County Attorney's Office. 'We are grateful for the expert training, skills, and equipment that our Metro Bomb Squad officers provide during their response to EOD incidents, protecting our investigators as well as our community,' Provo Police said in a statement. 'We are proud of our Patrol Officers for their fast response to the initial report of suspicious activity, and their continued assistance to our Detectives during the follow-up investigation. 'We also appreciate Orem PD's Patrol Division for assisting in the evacuation measures during the search warrant.' This case follows just a month after a would-be suicide bomber in the UK was jailed for plotting to 'kill as many nurses as possible' in a pressure cooker explosion at a hospital in Leeds. Mohammad Farooq brought a homemade bomb— modeled after the 2013 Boston Marathon devices but packed with twice as much explosive —into St James's Hospital in January 2023. He was talked out of carrying out the attack by patient Nathan Newby, whom Justice Cheema-Grubb described as 'an extraordinary, ordinary man whose decency and an atrocity in a maternity wing of a major British hospital.' Farooq, a clinical support worker, had targeted the hospital after failing to access the American base at RAF Menwith Hill and was found guilty after a jury deliberated for less than two hours. Police found him with a viable bomb, knives, black tape, and a blank-firing imitation firearm. Whitaker is now facing 71 counts of possession of weapons of mass destruction and one count of possessing bomb-making materials An investigation revealed he had been self-radicalized online and obtained bomb-making instructions from an Al Qaeda publication. Bethan David, head of the CPS Counter Terrorism Division, said: 'Farooq is an extremely dangerous individual who amassed a significant amount of practical and theoretical information that enabled him to produce a viable explosive extremist views Farooq holds are a threat to our society, and I am pleased the jury found him guilty of his crimes.'
