A Douglasville man who posed as a doctor has pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery and other charges and been sentenced to prison.
A 21-year-old woman visited a Smyrna clinic in 2013, hoping to get the physical required as part of her immigration process. Instead, she was assaulted by Patrick Ogbebor, now 50, who was the only employee at the clinic at the time, spokeswoman for the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, Kim Isaza, said in a news release.
Ogbebor wore a lab coat with the name of a physician affiliated with the clinic, but when Ogbebor took the woman into an exam room, he groped her breasts under the guise of giving her a mammogram, Isaza said.
The woman called Smyrna police after Ogbebor further sexually assaulted, claiming he was performing a pelvic exam.
During the sentencing hearing Monday, the woman tearfully recalled how the assault affected her, Isaza said.
“No woman should go through that,” she said, almost in a whisper.
Ogbebor pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of aggravated sexual battery, one count of sexual battery and one count of practicing medicine without a license.
Cobb Superior Court Judge A. Gregory Poole sentenced Ogbebor to 15 years to serve in prison — during which time he will not be eligible for parole consideration.
Ogbebor will stay on probation for life and he will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.
“The defendant portrayed himself as a licensed medical physician who saw the opportunity to take advantage of a young immigrant woman with a limited knowledge of both the immigration process and the healthcare system,” Assistant District Attorney Lindsay Gardner said. “He used the trust people place in medical professionals to violate the most intimate parts of a woman’s body.”
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