UCLA settles gynecologist sex abuse suit for $243.6 million


              Attorney John Manly, at podium, is joined by survivors and fellow attorneys representing more than 150 survivors of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps in lawsuits against UCLA, as a $243-million settlement is announced during a news conference at the law offices of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Pictured from left are attorneys Haley Aanestad, Courtney Pendry, Sharyl Garza, survivor Kara Cagle, attorney John Manly, survivor Julie Wallach and attorney Jane Reilley. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Survivors Kara Cagle, left, and Julie Wallach, right, listen as attorney John Manly, center, announces a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps, during a news conference at the law offices of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Survivor Julie Wallach, left, is comforted by her boyfriend Keith Michaels following a news conference announcing a $243-million settlement in the sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps, in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Survivor Kara Cagle, foreground, speaks as fellow survivor Julie Wallach, background, reaches out to comfort her during a news conference to announce a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps, at the law offices of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Survivors Kara Cagle, center, and Julie Wallach embrace during a news conference where attorney John Manly, left, announced a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps, at the law offices of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2019 file photo, UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court. The University of California has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations that several hundred women were sexually abused by Heaps. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
UCLA settles gynecologist sex abuse suit for $243.6 million