‘Sadistic’ NYC urologist Darius Paduch faces 143 more lawsuits: ‘Exploited more male patients than any predator in history’

Dr. Darius Paduch abused boys and men for years while he worked as a urologist at the city's top medical institutions.
Dr. Darius Paduch abused boys and men for years while he worked as a urologist at the city's top medical institutions.

It’s a new record of shame.

Nearly 150 more male patients are suing convicted “sadistic’’ former top city urologist Darius Paduch, making the case the largest involving male victims — now a total of 310 — and a single abuser, lawyers say.

“Darius Paduch exploited more male patients than any predator in history,” plaintiff lawyer Anthony T. DiPietro told The Post — with new court papers saying the doctor abused “what is believed to be thousands of victims and survivors.”

Criminally convicted city urologist Darius Paduch is accused of performing unnecessary surgical procedures without anesthesia so he could “inflict pain” on patients. X / Darius Paduch
Criminally convicted city urologist Darius Paduch is accused of performing unnecessary surgical procedures without anesthesia so he could “inflict pain” on patients. X / Darius Paduch

The sicko doctor’s depravity knew no bounds, according to disturbing accounts shared in Manhattan Supreme Court filings Tuesday, with victims ranging from retirees to several minors.

He would inject a serum into some victims’ penises to force erections for long periods, perform penile enlargements that led to disfigurement, conduct cystoscopies — where a tube is inserted through the urethra — without anesthesia, and force some patients to get on all fours for humiliating supposed exams, the documents allege.

During some of the twisted sessions, Paduch walked around with a pen and would point to parts of the patient’s nude body — “as if he were acting as a professor,” court papers say.

“It’s worse than I could have ever imagined,” said a mother of one of the latest plaintiffs, a patient of Paduch’s at Weill-Cornell Medical Center, in a statement provided by DiPietro.

“Learning of what happened on those visits has nearly killed me.”

Paduch was arrested in April 2023 and criminally convicted in May on 13 counts of sexual abuse in federal court. He faces up to 60 years in prison.

He worked as a urologist for years at Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University and Northwell Health Systems — the prestige of which aided Paduch in his “grooming” campaign, court papers say.

“Patients trust these so-called ‘top hospitals’ to provide safe and proper medical care for deeply personal conditions. Patients don’t go into a medical office thinking they are going to be exploited by some deviant criminal in a white lab coat,” DiPietro said.

Paduch abused hundreds of men and boys, court papers claim. X / Darius Paduch
Paduch abused hundreds of men and boys, court papers claim. X / Darius Paduch

At some points, the abuse took place in front of nurses, assistants and even other physicians, court papers allege.

Paduch’s attacks, under the guise of necessary medical care, included instructing patients to masturbate in front of him — or masturbating them himself — often while playing pornography. He would sometimes measure his patients’ erect penises and use “phallic-shaped sex toys” on them.

One heartbreaking patient saw Paduch for more than a decade, starting when he was just 7 years old.

Another victim was 13, the papers say.

The doctor allegedly acted as if he were “a professor” during some sick sessions. X / Darius Paduch
The doctor allegedly acted as if he were “a professor” during some sick sessions. X / Darius Paduch

One victim said Paduch squeezed his penis so hard that “it was bruised for weeks afterwards,” the documents say.

Another plaintiff claimed the doctor prescribed so much needless medicine to him that he went into liver failure.

While a 56-year-old patient lay on an exam table, “Paduch unzipped his pants” and told the man that “he wanted him to see what an erect penis looked like,” court papers say.

Paduch kept practicing his sick medicine until his arrest in 2023, but court papers claim his employers knew of his revolting abuse since at least 2017.

Lawyer Anthony T. DiPietro is representing more than 300 plaintiffs suing the “sadistic” doctor. Zachary Amundson/Special Operations
Lawyer Anthony T. DiPietro is representing more than 300 plaintiffs suing the “sadistic” doctor. Zachary Amundson/Special Operations

DiPietro filed an initial civil class-action suit against Paduch and his employers, which include Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Northwell Health and Columbia University, last August.

While cases against the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America included more male plaintiffs — more than 82,000 in the Boy Scout class action — those suits were more broadly against institutions and multiple perpetrators.

Former disgraced Columbia University ob-gyn Robert Hadden holds the title as having the most sexual-abuse female victims who have filed claims against him. Hadden is serving a 20-year sentence.

“The one thing that all these places, all these cases, have in common is that these individual predators have had a billion-dollar, multibillion-dollar corporation that’s conspiring with them and helping them cover up the abuse,” DiPietro said.

Paduch was arrested in April 2023 and faces decades behind bars for his abuse. Youtube / BJUIjournal
Paduch was arrested in April 2023 and faces decades behind bars for his abuse. Youtube / BJUIjournal

In July, a judge rejected an effort by Paduch’s lawyers to dismiss and seal DiPietro’s massive class-action lawsuit.

The 143 new victims are not currently part of the class action and have filed individual lawsuits.

A rep for Weill Cornell said the hospital is “heartbroken for these survivors” and that the institution has “implemented enhancements to our policies and training requirements, and launched new patient safety programs, to minimize the risk of such abhorrent conduct occurring in the future.”

Lawyers representing Paduch, NewYork Presbyterian, Columbia and Northwell Health did not immediately reply to Post requests for comment.

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