The University of California paid $73 million to settle claims that the University of California, Los Angeles failed to protect women who were sexually abused by Dr. James Heaps, a gynecologist at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center who was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual battery in June 2019. According to the lawsuit, Heaps made inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments to patients, removed patients’ clothing without consent, and recommended unnecessary procedures and overly frequent examinations. The settlement class consisted of an estimated 6,600 women who were seen by Heaps between 1983 and 2019.