California medical board charges psychiatrist Gurmeet Multani with sexual abuse of patient

January 7, 2010

On December 10, 2009, the Medical Board of California issued an Accusation against psychiatrist Gurmeet Singh Multani, alleging sexual abuse, misconduct or relations, unprofessional conduct, repeated negligent acts, failure to maintain adequate and accurate records, gross negligence. 

The Board’s document states that Multani treated Patient “LE” from July 2006 to March 2007 and also treated her son and daughter.  LE went to Multani for help with depression and sexual trauma.  She disclosed to Multani during the course of her treatment that she had engaged in prostitution. 

Multani subsequently asked LE out to dinner and she agreed following dinner and drinks, Multani took her to his office, where he engaged the patient in sexual intercourse.  In the document, LE reported that Multani engaged her in intercourse many other times at his office, that he paid her various amounts of money for sex, including one occasion in which paid her $2,000 and that Multani had sex with LE on numerous occasions at LE’s apartment as well. 

With another patient, “JR,” Multani is alleged to have prescribed a narcotic appetite suppressant following JR’s concerns about her weight, despite a 10-year history of opiate dependence and the addictive potential of the appetite suppressant.  When JR complained that the drug made her hyper, Multani told her to continue to take it.  The document also states that Multani conducted a “check” of her weight loss progress that consisted of raising her skirt to expose her legs and thighs, rubbing and pinching the inside of her bare thighs, unzipping her skirt to observe her hips and touching her vagina through her underwear.  During this “check” Multani made comments about JR being sexy.  JR reported the incident to police that same day.

Source: Accusation in the Matter of the Accusation Against Gurmeet Singh Multani, M.D., Physician’s and Surgeon’s Certificate No. A-48279, Case No. 09-2007-188108, Medical Board of California, filed December 10, 2009.