The office of Virginia's attorney general has handed off jurisdiction in a long-running investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and other abuses at a hospital that serves vulnerable children.
This aerial image taken with a drone shows Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2022, in Richmond, Va. The office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares handed off its jurisdiction in a long-running investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and other abuses at a hospital.
The lawsuits say the hospital operated without proper licensing and was “devoid of fundamental sanitation or humanity," allegations the facility denies. And more than three dozen of the female plaintiffs allege Davidow, who has not been charged with any crime, sexually abused them during physical exams. In court documents and through an attorney, Davidow strongly denies the allegations.
Biniazan said that over the course of the investigation, he has been in touch with different state police officials and AG’s office attorneys. After Miyares was sworn in Jan. 15, Biniazan was told a new assistant attorney general was taking over the case. But then his firm received a call in the spring saying the AG’s office was handing it off, he said.
Steven Benjamin, a prominent Richmond criminal defense attorney who serves as special counsel to the Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee, said LaCivita's explanation was not “persuasive.” Joseph Farchione, an attorney representing the hospital in the civil case, said no charges have been brought against the hospital and to his knowledge, the hospital is not the subject of any criminal investigation. Farchione also noted that Davidow was an independent contractor.
Several male plaintiffs allege other hospital employees physically battered and abused them, including one patient who said staff members repeatedly picked him up out of his wheelchair and threw him into the shower, knowing that he was not able to physically brace himself to avoid injury.
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