DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Sicko NYC doctor who filmed himself groping sedated patients, raping drugged women, learns fate at sentencing

September 2, 2025
in News
Sicko NYC doctor who filmed himself groping sedated patients, raping drugged women, learns fate at sentencing
499
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A sicko Queens doctor who filmed himself groping sedated patients and raping drugged women he met online was sentenced on Thursday to 24 years in prison — but some of his victims argue the punishment was not grave enough.

Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, a former gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Queens, was sentenced after he was convicted of four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse, according to a press release from the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

Dr. Zhi Cheng at his arraignment.
Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, a former gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Queens, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Jefferson Siegel

Cheng pleaded guilty to the heinous sex crimes in June. In exchange for the guilty plea, the DA’s office agreed to drop predatory sex assault charges, sparing him a maximum life in prison sentence, according to NBC4.

He was initially charged with over 50 criminal counts related to the sexual abuse, the DA’s office said.

“This tells everyone in Queens and anyone who’s listening, that there’s always a deal to be made in this District Attorney’s office, no matter how good the evidence is,” Nicholas Liakas, an attorney for the sex crime survivors, told reporters outside the courtroom after the sentencing, according to the outlet.

A group of survivors of Cheng’s sex crimes previously slammed the Queen’s DA’s office for the “light” sentencing.

“He is getting off light.  He can kind of rebuild his life because he’s fairly young,” one of Cheng’s survivors told NBC4 after his guilty plea in June.

“You have this obligation to victims of crime, and you’re just letting people off lightly like this. Why?” the survivor said.

Photo of Zhi Alan Cheng, a gastroenterologist charged with sexual assault.
The sentencing will allow Cheng to get out of prison by the time he is 60 years old, but he will still have to be subject to 10 years of post-release supervision and register as a sex offender.

The sentencing will allow Cheng to get out of prison by the time he is 60 years old, at which point he’ll have to register as a sex offender while also under 10 years of post-release supervision.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz praised the sentence and thanked the survivors for coming forward about Cheng’s depraved acts.

“Zhi Alan Cheng committed a series of heinous acts against women. He did so both as a private citizen, sexually assaulting women who were his intimate partners, and as a doctor, sexually assaulting vulnerable patients who came to the hospital in need of help,” Katz said in a statement.

“As a consequence of his crimes, he will serve over two decades in prison, with 10 years of post-release supervision and must register as a sex offender, likely for the rest of his life,” she said.

“It is most important to express gratitude to the brave survivor who came forward initially to report the defendant’s crimes, and the other victims who helped us to make sure no other women were hurt going forward,” the DA added.

Cheng had worked as a gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Queens until a girlfriend in late 2022 claimed he knocked her unconscious in his Astoria apartment by using a surgical mask stuffed with drug-soaked cotton balls.

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital.
The recordings showed Cheng groping sedated women as young as 19 in the hospital. Google Maps

The courageous woman contacted prosecutors after discovering videos showing Cheng sexually assaulting her and other women, officials said.

A joint probe by the Queens District Attorney’s Special Victims Bureau and New York-Presbyterian led to a warrant search at Cheng’s home, where authorities found several horrifying videos.

The recordings showed Cheng groping sedated women as young as 19 in the hospital, prosecutors said.

Other videos taken in Cheng’s home showed him raping unconscious, apparently drugged women — at least some of whom he had met on online dating sites.

All told, Cheng copped to sexually assaulting seven women.

He also struck an Alford plea — admitting criminal guilt but expressing his innocence — to another count of sexual abuse from accusations related to an eighth woman.

Officials also seized cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine, LSD, and MDMA, in addition to drugs used for sedation such as propofol and sevoflurane, prosecutors said.

Cheng was ordered held without bail, and his ability to practice medicine was suspended by state officials while the case wound through the courts.

The post Sicko NYC doctor who filmed himself groping sedated patients, raping drugged women, learns fate at sentencing appeared first on New York Post.

Tags: DoctorsQueensRapesentencingSexual Abuse
Share200Tweet125Share
A’ja Wilson and Las Vegas chase a third WNBA title in four years as they face Phoenix in Finals
News

A’ja Wilson and Las Vegas chase a third WNBA title in four years as they face Phoenix in Finals

by Associated Press
October 1, 2025

A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are looking to accomplish something only done once before by winning a third ...

Read more
News

Dodgers waste no time finding their October groove in Game 1 win over Reds

October 1, 2025
News

U.S. Begins Shutdown That May Lead to Mass Layoffs and Cuts to Services

October 1, 2025
News

Plaschke: Dodgers flatten overmatched Reds in unwanted first round. But about that bullpen…

October 1, 2025
News

The U.S. Eases Visa Restrictions on South Korean Workers

October 1, 2025
Giant Northern California corn maze lets visitors enjoy getting lost

Giant Northern California corn maze lets visitors enjoy getting lost

October 1, 2025
Ohtani and Hernández power Dodgers past Reds 10-5 with 2 homers each in Wild Card Series opener

Ohtani and Hernández power Dodgers past Reds 10-5 with 2 homers each in Wild Card Series opener

October 1, 2025
Regime Change Was Always the Plan for Venezuela

Regime Change Was Always the Plan for Venezuela

October 1, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.