CO - Cardiologist Stephen Matthews charged with drugging 13 women and sexually assaulting some of them - October 6, 2023

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Cardiologist accused in series of sexual assaults enters plea

Stephen Matthews is accused of drugging 13 women and sexually assaulting some of them.

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DENVER — A cardiologist accused of drugging more than a dozen women and sexually assaulting some of them pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Denver District Court.

 

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The Fuller Project is a global investigation news organization focused on women’s rights and issues. This past Friday, they filed papers in the Denver District Courtto make records public, in the case of a Colorado cardiologist named Stephen Matthews. He’s charged with raping nearly a dozen women, and records of these charges have been presented in open court. Prosecutors say these attacks were facilitated by the dating apps Tinder and Hinge.

“We are pushing so hard for these records [because] we believe the public should know about this person that was in your community and he was a doctor, violating the trust allegedly of numerous women. And we think the public should know. And we also think that the app companies are complicit in this,” Dugdale told KGNU. “It’s not just about one guy who was allegedly hurting women. It’s about an app company that actually knew about this behavior. Prosecutors have said in the court that he was reported to the app company by women who allegedly were assaulted as early as 2020. And yet this man was able to stay on these dating apps for years. He was only arrested earlier this year. So, we’re really trying to get to the bottom of this and we believe some of those documents will help us with that.”

 

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Tearful testimony in former Denver cardiologist date rape trial: "I believed I had been drugged"

A 32-year-old Denver woman who believes she was drugged and raped during a "date" with a Denver cardiologist cried on the witness stand Thursday as she recalled blacking out for roughly ten hours after having a drink at the home of Dr. Stephen Matthews.

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