Neurologist Ricardo Cruciani died of a suspected suicide at Rikers Island on Monday morning, two weeks after he was found guilty of sexual offenses against six patients. Cruciani, whose medical ...
NEW YORK -- A former pain management doctor made sure numerous patients of his were hooked on highly-addictive opioids so they'd become dependent on him before he sexually abused them over a 15 year ...
Ricardo Cruciani was found guilty on 12 counts of predatory sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape and other crimes After a monthlong trial in New York City, a jury found a former neurologist guilty of ...
A former Drexel University neurologist accused of exploiting his patients’ severe pain and addiction to medication to sexually abuse them over a 15-year span in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey, ...
A disgraced Manhattan neurologist accused of groping and sexually assaulting six female patients is finally facing a jury. Ricardo Cruciani, 67, went on trial in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday on rape ...
A neurologist convicted of sexually assaulting half a dozen patients, whom he groomed by over-prescribing them painkillers has died after hanging himself at Rikers Island. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was ...
A once-respected doctor was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting vulnerable patients, who he controlled by overprescribing high doses of pain medication and withholding the drugs from those who ...
Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was scheduled to be sentenced next month, and was facing life behind bars Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award-winning ...
The pain doctor who died by suicide Monday in a Rikers Island shower cubicle sometimes called up the patients he victimized and threatened to take his own life, one woman told the Daily News. “I would ...
A perverted Manhattan neurologist was convicted Friday for raping and sexually assaulting six patients. Ricardo Cruciani, 68, was found guilty on all 12 counts after a monthlong trial featuring ...
Over the last couple of months, we’ve read endless headline news accounts of how wealthy, prominent men have used their power and position to sexually assault, sexually harass, intimidate, and ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The victims of a once-prominent neurologist who was convicted of sexually abusing patients and then died by suicide at Rikers Island are speaking out in an effort to keep his ...