Doctors Raped Patient and 'Stole Her Weed,' She Claims
By Philip A. Janquart
2-7-2013 15:30:00
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (CN) - Two Kaiser Permanente doctors got a
patient drunk, "raped and sodomized her, exposed her to genital herpes,
and then stole her weed," the patient claims in Sonoma County Superior Court.
The
patient, listed as "Jane Doe" to protect her identity, alleges in her
federal complaint that her primary care physicians, Doctors Edward and
Karen Rose, tricked her into getting drunk at their home and engaged her
in an unprotected sexual "threesome" without her consent.
The
doctors, employed at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa campus, had been
treating Jane Doe since July 2008 for a then-undiagnosed medical
condition causing her to suffer severe and persistent pain on the right
side of her abdomen, the complaint said.
In her complaint, Jane
Doe says Karen Rose was "unusually warm" with her from the start,
frequently embracing her with hugs during office visits. The two
ultimately became friends and, in fall of 2010, began spending time
together outside the hospital's professional setting, the complaint says. They shared
stories of past childhood sexual abuse. Karen also sent Jane Doe text
messages that caused her to believe Karen wanted to "initiate romantic
relations" with her despite the fact Jane Doe had never had sexual
contact with another female, according to the complaint.
Karen,
Edward and Jane eventually began smoking cannabis together, according to the
complaint, with Jane Doe, at one point, bringing three pounds of dried
and processed "medical marijuana" to keep at the Roses' home. The Roses
never returned it after the relationship ended, Jane Doe claims.
Things
escalated on Nov. 5, 2011 when Jane Doe and the Roses engaged in a
"drinking bet" that ended with Jane Doe engaging in the threesome
without consenting to it and being raped and sodomized by Karen and
Edward, according to the complaint.
"At this time, Jane Doe was too intoxicated to consent to sexual activity," the complaint states.
Yet,
Jane Doe regained consciousness long enough to find herself "stark
naked in the Roses' kitchen," the complaint stated. "Edward Rose, M.D.
was also naked and positioned behind Jane Doe. Karen Rose, M.D. was on
the floor, positioned between Jane Doe's legs, and using her hands to
sexually stimulate Jane Doe." At this point they were engaging in a
"threesome," the complaint states. The complaint goes on to detail the
various positions and places Jane Doe found herself that night.
Jane
Doe said in her complaint she woke the next morning in the Roses' bed,
lying between the two, with a sore vagina and covered in bite marks. She
re-alleges that she never consented to the sexual contact, and suggests
Edward may have played a part in planning the whole affair considering
her belief that he suffers from erectile dysfunction and takes
medication in advance of sexual activities in order to perform.
Jane
Doe says her many encounters with Edward following the threesome were
always marked by his "demonstrative" demeanor, characterized by his
constant kissing, touching, groping and fondling behavior.
"Subsequent
to the threesome, Edward Rose M.D. gave the nickname 'yoni' to Jane
Doe's genitalia," the complaint states. It adds other distasteful
details involving text messages in which he referred to his penis as
"Joey" and Jane Doe's vaginal secretions as "honey."
He even
insisted Jane Doe allow him to perform oral sex in an exam room at the
Santa Rosa campus during a subsequent doctor visit, a demand to which
she acquiesced, according to the complaint.
On Dec. 12, 2011,
Edward, through text message, informed Jane Doe he and Karen had exposed
her to the genital herpes virus, which Edward had contracted from Karen
nine years earlier.
Jane Doe finally cut ties with the Roses on
Jan. 20, 2012 and informed Kaiser Permanente of the relationship with,
and behavior of, the two doctors, relaying her story to two Kaiser
nurses, a nurse practitioner and a doctor. She claims that none reported
it, and the nurse practitioner even told her "she would not report the
sexual assault by the Roses," according to the complaint.
Edward
ultimately asked Jane Doe to lie about what happened and even suggested
the two "join forces and sue the living shit out of Kaiser and split
the proceeds!" the complaint said.
Jane Doe's suit includes
sexual battery, sexual harassment, negligent supervision and retention,
medical malpractice, intentional violation of statutory duties,
conversion and trespass to chattels.
She is seeking special, general, exemplary, punitive and consequential damages.
Peter Goldstone and Sarah Lewers represent the plaintiff.