By City News Service
May 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed by UCLA was taken into custody today in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients.
The indictment was handed down by a grand jury last Thursday and announced on the day a preliminary hearing for Dr. Jeames Mason Heaps was scheduled to begin.
Heaps, 64, of Woodland Hills, who had been free on band, was taken into custody on bail of $1.19 million, according to attorneys who represent hundreds of victims in a civil case against Heaps and UCLA.
A pretrial hearing was scheduled for June 3, and the case was moved to a downtown courtroom, a spokeswoman for the courts confirmed.