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March 18, 2024

Las Vegas doctor guilty of drugging, video sex with patients

Chung

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Binh Minh “Ben” Chung appears in court Monday, May 8, 2017, in Las Vegas.

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This Clark County Detention Center booking photo of June 20, 2015, shows Dr. Binh Minh “Ben” Chung, 41.

A suspended medical doctor has been found guilty in Las Vegas of drugging women and videotaping himself having sex with them.

Binh Minh "Ben" Chung's defense attorney, Christopher Oram, declined Tuesday to comment ahead of his 43-year-old client's sentencing on 11 charges that could get him life in prison.

The verdict was reached Monday.

Chung was a family physician whose wife went to police in June 2015 after finding cellphone videos of him groping and raping a woman and patients who appeared unconscious.

One was a 16-year-old who Chung was treating for acne.

Chung remains jailed pending sentencing July 10, He's also expected to lose his medical license.

The jury acquitted Chung of three charges, including lewdness and drugging a person to aid commission of a felony.