More sexual assault charges filed against Provo OBGYN David Broadbent
PROVO, Utah () — The Provo OBGYN who was sued in 2022 for sexual assault and later received criminal charges for rape is now charged in two more criminal cases.
David Broadbent, 77, has been charged with ten new felonies in two separate cases filed today. One case involves one count of object rape, and the other involves one count of object rape and eight counts of forcible sexual abuse.
This brings the total number of sexual assault cases that Broadbent has been charged with to eight. He is facing a total of 29 felonies across his cases, including 19 counts of object rape and 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse.
Provo OBGYN now faces 17 sexual assault felonies after 2 new charges filed
In 2022, Broadbent was who said that they had been sexually assaulted by the doctor, some cases going back into the 80s. Victims said that he would lie about procedures being medically necessary as a 'guise' to assault them. Since 2022, have said they were impacted across several lawsuits.
Two years later, in June 2024, Broadbent was charged with his after the lawsuit. He was charged with object rape and forcible sexual abuse, and has pleaded not guilty to both charges. A jury trial is set for March 2026.
Since then, Broadbent in seven more cases involving rape and sexual assault, the latest of which were filed today by the Utah County Attorney's Office.
The first case filed today dates back to 2004. The victim said that she went to Broadbent's office for a pre-marital exam in April of that year. According to documents, during the exam, the victim said that Broadbent sexually abused her while 'examining' her. He then told her he needed to examine her breasts, and sexually assaulted the victim.
Provo gynecologist charged with sexual abuse two years after allegations surface in lawsuit
The second case filed dates back to 2020. Documents say that this victim was experiencing a high-risk pregnancy, and had several visits to Broadbent as her OBGYN. She had nine visits to his office, and said that on each of those occasions he inappropriately touched her breasts under the guise of checking for breast cancer.
During one of this victims' visits, documents say that Broadbent performed an examination to check for dilation, and she felt 'the amount of time he spent looking wasn't appropriate.'
Broadbent has a preliminary hearing scheduled on July 22 involving several of his cases.
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