Doctor Sued for Negligence Over Alleged Sexual Exploitation of Patient

An Iowa physician is being sued by a former patient who is accusing him of sexual exploitation and negligence.

The lawsuit, filed by a Linn County woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe, accuses Dr. Scott Piper of Cedar Rapids’ Piper Family Medicine of perpetuating a personal, sexual relationship that crossed professional boundaries and also involved the regular prescribing of drugs to address mental health issues.

The plaintiff has offered as evidence what she describes as a series of written Facebook messages and texts between herself and Piper.

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