Former Webster Groves sports doctor gets probation for sexually abusing patients — and billing for it
Setzer was charged with more than two dozen felony and misdemeanor counts including sodomy, assault, abuse of a Medicaid patient, and Medicaid and insurance fraud totaling nearly
According to the charges, Setzer, who was part of Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, yanked women's pants down without warning and fondled them at his office at
Court records say that after sexually abusing the women, Setzer fraudulently billed insurance companies and Medicaid to seek payment for his victims' medical treatment.
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During one examination, the indictment says, Setzer pulled down a woman's underwear, touched her genitals and told her "it didn't look like she had four children." The woman left his office when Setzer stepped out of the exam room to get her a prescription.
Setzer pleaded guilty in January to 10 counts, including sodomy, attempted sodomy, insurance fraud, health care payment violations and misdemeanor sex abuse and assault. Prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges in exchange for his guilty pleas and agreement to surrender his medical license. Conditions of Setzer's probation include mental health treatment and registering as a sex offender.
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Setzer has pending sex abuse, assault and sodomy cases in
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