NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit – Sexual Assault Section, have laid additional charges against a 68-year-old doctor in connection with sexual assaults that occurred at medical clinics in the Towns of Newmarket and Aurora.
The investigation began on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. A 37-year-old female called police to report that she had been sexually assaulted by a doctor during a visit to a medical clinic on Davis Drive just west of Prospect Street. Dr. Sam Naghibi was arrested and charged.
Since the initial incident, nine additional victims have come forward. Reported incidents include sexual assaults against a 14-year-old girl and a sexual assault that occurred after a victim was given a potent pain medication injection.
The accused has worked at the clinic on Davis Drive since 2012. In 2011 he worked at another clinic located on Wellington Street in Aurora. From 2007 until 2011, the accused practised in New Glasgow, N.S. Investigators want to ensure that there are no further victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Charged:
• Sam Naghibi, 68, of the Town of Newmarket
Charges:
• Sexual assault x11
• Sexual interference person under 16 x2
• Sexual assault with a weapon
• Administer noxious substance
A sexual assault includes any non-consensual contact of a sexual nature. York Regional Police would like to encourage anyone who feels they may have been a victim of a sexual assault to come forward and report the incident to police. There is no statute of limitations for sexual offences and offenders can be prosecuted well after the date of the offence.
Anyone with information is asked to call the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit – Sexual Assault Section, at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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