**Disgraced Brigham and Women’s Hospital Physician Faces New Rape and Indecent Assault Charges**
The disgraced Brigham and Women’s Hospital physician accused of performing unnecessary pelvic and breast examinations is now facing new rape and indecent assault charges related to 11 additional patients in Framingham, prosecutors announced.
Derrick Todd, 52, was indicted on three counts of rape and 17 counts of indecent assault and battery involving 11 women aged between 20 and 60 years old, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Thursday.
Todd allegedly assaulted these women between 2021 and 2023 while working as a rheumatologist and primary care physician at Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham.
He was also a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital until 2023, when he agreed to stop practicing medicine amid an ongoing hospital investigation into his conduct. Following the allegations, some former patients have filed multiple lawsuits, and more than 200 patients have joined a class-action suit.
In 2025, Todd was indicted on two counts of rape after allegedly sexually assaulting two women during medical examinations in December 2022 and June 2023 at Charles River Medical Associates. That case is still ongoing, with the next court date scheduled for later this month, according to the DA.
District Attorney Ryan stated in a press release, “The allegations are that the defendant in this case exploited his patients’ vulnerability and abused his position of trust as a medical professional. No person should have to fear for their safety when seeking medical treatment.”
### What Are the Allegations Against Todd?
Todd is accused of conducting medically unnecessary and “excessively prolonged” pelvic and breast examinations under the guise of legitimate medical treatment, the DA’s office said.
He reportedly lacked the appropriate training or certification for these examinations, which were allegedly “outside the accepted standards of medical care.”
One of the supposed treatments during the assaults was pelvic floor therapy—a procedure Todd was not qualified to perform, according to prosecutors.
Previous allegations filed last year detailed that Todd repeatedly suggested pelvic floor therapy to a patient and, after she agreed to a “demo,” he allegedly inserted his fingers into her vagina.
Boston.com previously reported that he also inserted a speculum into the patient’s vagina. When she realized the tool was too wide and screamed in pain, begging him to stop, the previous allegations claim he “continued for approximately 15 minutes,” during which time the patient asked multiple times for him to “stop.”
Todd is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges in Middlesex Superior Court next Wednesday.
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