By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-19 23:39:37 | Updated at 2024-11-20 01:12:18
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Arkansas doctor David Diffine was suspended after a video of his naked romp through his office surfaced.
He wasn’t just playing doctor.
A newly exposed surveillance video captured an Arkansas doctor taking care of business at his medical office entirely in the buff — and allegedly performing “a sexual act” in front of three women.
Dr. David Diffine, whose medical license was suspended last month, can be seen in the new video strolling around his Blytheville medical office in his birthday suit, entering patient rooms and stretching in front of three women in a reception area, including a patient, KAIT-TV News reported.
“The pervasive behavior leads to concerns about a sexual compulsive disorder or paraphilia which may, in fact, cross boundaries with his delivery of medical care,” a member of the Arkansas Medical Foundation said of the naked escapades, according to an investigative report reviewed by the outlet.
“Simply, the interaction with his office staff suggest an entanglement in his medical practice.”
The report did not specify what “sexual act” Diffine allegedly performed in the office.
A self-described naturist, Diffine was the subject of an emergency order of suspension hearing before the Arkansas State Medical Board and had his license temporary pulled on Oct. 16, records show.
The board’s action followed a complaint from an anonymous tipster, who sent the panel the videos and claimed the doctor used his “position of power, sexual grooming, salary increases to groom employees and patients into repulsive sexual acts,” KAIT reported.
The records, obtained by the outlet through an open records request, show Diffine defended his penchant for going nude and said he is well known in the naturist community.
“We do not shame, sexualize, fear or negatively stigmatize the naked body,” he told investigators.
But asked about the 2019 video, he denied knowing about it.
“I don’t know anything about that at all,” he allegedly told investigators. “I would have to see those things to have any idea what you’re talking about.”
According to the news report, Diffine was briefly suspended in 2017 amid allegations that he overprescribed medication, with the claims later determined to be unfounded.
In 2011 while he practiced in Missouri he agreed not to practice in the state for three years after reaching an agreement in an earlier probe over the prescription of pain medications, KAIT said.
Diffine could not be reached for comment by The Post on Tuesday.
A woman answering the phone at his medical office, Diffine Family Practice, said he was not available. A message left with for Diffine at the office was not immediately returned.
