Johns Hopkins Health System agrees to pay $190m to women filmed by doctor during pelvic exams

The Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, Maryland, has agreed to pay $190m (£111m; €141m) to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of women who were secretly filmed and photographed by a doctor during their pelvic examinations.

The lawsuit alleged that Nikita A Levy, an obstetrician gynecologist who practiced at Johns Hopkins for 25 years, had surreptitiously filmed and photographed women during gynecological examinations using a pen-like camera strapped around his neck. Levy was fired by the hospital system in February 2013 …