Prosecutors are pushing for at least 10 years in prison — and as much as a life sentence — for a former Manhattan neurologist accused of sexually attacking six female patients at his Beth Israel Medical Center practice.
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His still-loyal wife, a pediatrician, held his hand as they left the cour꧒troom after a routine, 𝓀pre-trial appearance. Neither would comment to a reporter.
Cruciani’s lawyer, Mark L. Furman, declined to discuss the status of the case except🦩 to say that there are still “a lot of issues t♏hat need to be dealt with for the purpose of going to trial.”
His accusers, who range in age from 31 to 55, have🍸 told AP that they suffered the abuse — often returning for additional appointments — because he was a renowned doctor who specialized in their rare, complicated syndromes.