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Savannah Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Trading Drug Prescriptions for Sex
By JoAnn Merrigan
March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013
WSAV- A
Savannah psychiatrist has pled guilty in federal court to felony
charges of distributing drugs to his customers without a legitimate
medical purpose.
57
year old William Ellien made his plea before U.S. District Judge
William Moore, Jr. Ellien is a former medical director at Memorial
Health.
The
U.S. Attorney’s office says that according to evidence presented at the
hearing, Ellien exchanged prescriptions for very addictive prescription
drugs for sex acts with various women from 2009 through 2012. Ellien
remains in federal custody and is facing up to 20 years in prison and a
$1,000,000 fine. No sentencing date has been set.
U.S.
Attorney Edward Tarver said, “This doctor violated his oath, preyed
upon patients, and turned into a common criminal, all for his own
personal gratification. Whether street pushers or physicians, all drug
dealers can expect that justice will be swift and the punishment will be
severe.”
Memorial
Health is facing a lawsuit because of the case. It was filed on behalf
of several women with the suit claiming that “Ellien preyed on
vulnerable women and used his position at Memorial Health.” The suit
claims that women visited Dr. Ellien on the Memorial Health campus to
receive prescriptions.
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