Man found guilty of injuring woman during castration
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:55 am
Man found guilty of injuring woman during castration
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
By Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04189/342803.stm
Doug Lenhart is a learned man, but he's no physician, a fact he
admitted in a guilty plea yesterday to charges that he posed as a doctor
and seriously injured a McKeesport woman seeking a gender change
operation.
Lenhart, who has a doctorate in business administration, last year
answered an Internet ad from the desperate, 45-year-old woman seeking to
have her male genitalia removed.
The botched operation was performed Sept. 12 in the woman's dining
room. Lenhart, 48, had suggested doing it in a hotel because his medical
facilities were not available.
Without the use of anesthesia, Lenhart began removing the testicles
when the woman began bleeding profusely and passing in and out of
consciousness because of the pain, Assistant District Attorney Janet
Necessary said yesterday.
A friend called 911 and Lenhart left the residence before police and
paramedics arrived. The woman spent two days recovering in the
hospital.
Lenhart, who said he is from Kansas, had been charged with two counts
of aggravated assault and unauthorized practice of medicine or surgery.
Necessary agreed to withdraw one count of aggravated assault in
exchange for Lenhart's plea.
Common Pleas Judge John A. Zottola set sentencing for Sept. 30.
Lenhart told police that he has performed such surgeries in the past on
people and animals without complications.
Zottola continued Lenhart's bail and allowed him to return to Kansas
pending sentencing.
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(Jim McKinnon can be reached at [email protected] or
412-263-1939.)
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
By Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04189/342803.stm
Doug Lenhart is a learned man, but he's no physician, a fact he
admitted in a guilty plea yesterday to charges that he posed as a doctor
and seriously injured a McKeesport woman seeking a gender change
operation.
Lenhart, who has a doctorate in business administration, last year
answered an Internet ad from the desperate, 45-year-old woman seeking to
have her male genitalia removed.
The botched operation was performed Sept. 12 in the woman's dining
room. Lenhart, 48, had suggested doing it in a hotel because his medical
facilities were not available.
Without the use of anesthesia, Lenhart began removing the testicles
when the woman began bleeding profusely and passing in and out of
consciousness because of the pain, Assistant District Attorney Janet
Necessary said yesterday.
A friend called 911 and Lenhart left the residence before police and
paramedics arrived. The woman spent two days recovering in the
hospital.
Lenhart, who said he is from Kansas, had been charged with two counts
of aggravated assault and unauthorized practice of medicine or surgery.
Necessary agreed to withdraw one count of aggravated assault in
exchange for Lenhart's plea.
Common Pleas Judge John A. Zottola set sentencing for Sept. 30.
Lenhart told police that he has performed such surgeries in the past on
people and animals without complications.
Zottola continued Lenhart's bail and allowed him to return to Kansas
pending sentencing.
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(Jim McKinnon can be reached at [email protected] or
412-263-1939.)