(KTLA) – The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for potential victims of a doctor who allegedly used job recruiting sites to target women to drug and sexually assault them.
Babak Hajhosseini, 42, of Los Angeles was arrested last month after an alleged victim came forward to accuse him of rape. Hajhosseini is a doctor and founder of Wound and Burn Centers of America, located within the Cedars-Sinai Medical Office Towers in Beverly Grove.
According to the LAPD, Hajhosseini would use job sites to offer high-paying hourly wages to entice his potential victims. He would then invite them to work overtime after hours at his home, police allege.
One woman told police that Hajhosseini pressured her into consuming an alcoholic beverage that left her unconscious and led to Hajhosseini sexually assaulting and recording her.
Hajhosseini was arrested on Nov. 26 and released days later after posting a $2 million bond. Last week, he was formally charged with multiple counts of drug-induced rape and rape of an unconscious person.
The charges stem from a single accuser, police said, but investigators strongly believe there are other victims who have yet to come forward. A photo of Hajhosseini was released to aid in the search for potential victims.
Anyone with information about the alleged crimes or any possible victims is urged to contact LAPD Officer Lee of the West Bureau’s Special Assault Section at 213-473-0447. Anonymous tips can be provided online or by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
In response to the LAPD’s release, Hajhosseini’s attorneys at Werksman, Jackson & Quinn LLP issued a statement denying the charges and saying their client “intends to vigorously defend himself in court, where the evidence will prove his innocence.”
The attorneys also took aim at the LAPD’s release itself, claiming police made “additional false and salacious accusations” against Hajhosseini.
“Dr. Hajhosseini will try his case in court, not in the media. In the courtroom, cases are decided based on evidence– not baseless innuendo,” the statement said. “There is extensive evidence proving that these allegations are false, which will be presented in court. And Dr. Hajhosseini voluntarily took a polygraph exam, which he passed. The LAPD knows this, which raises troubling questions about the integrity of its press release.”
