Three women sued a Southwest Philadelphia doctor earlier this year, alleging he sexually assaulted them while providing medical care, according to a civil complaint.<\/p>\n
Two of the women, who spoke on condition that their names and faces not be used, said they believe the doctor should have faced criminal charges.<\/p>\n
The lawsuits accuse Dr. Herbert Tisnower of sexually assaulting the women during medical appointments at his former practice, Sol Family Medicine, on the 1800 block of South 65th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, two of the women alleged that Tisnower penetrated them without gloves while providing medical services.<\/p>\n
The women said the alleged misconduct escalated over time, beginning with comments about their bodies before becoming physical.<\/p>\n
“I just stood there and just stayed in shock,” one woman said.<\/p>\n
In the civil suit, one woman also alleged that Tisnower penetrated her without gloves and requested to perform oral sex on her.<\/p>\n
“Just like, I couldn’t believe he did it. So, he felt comfortable, and it started to progress more,” she said.<\/p>\n
Both women said they reported the alleged conduct to police.<\/p>\n
One woman said a Special Victims investigation was conducted in one case, but no charges were filed. Both women said they suffer from mental illness and that Tisnower prescribed medication to them.<\/p>\n
When asked whether she told Tisnower his actions were wrong, one woman said, “Yeah, I told him plenty of times.”<\/p>\n
The three women filed suit against Tisnower in January. One of them also sought a protection from sexual violence order.<\/p>\n
Court records show that, as trial approached, Tisnower reached settlements with all three women totaling $100,000.<\/p>\n
The settlements included no admission of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
The protection from sexual violence order was later dropped.<\/p>\n
The women said the settlements did not provide the outcome they wanted.<\/p>\n
“It was about him acknowledging what he did, and him to be arrested, and an apology, and get some help,” one woman said.<\/p>\n
Tisnower did not comment on the allegations when approached outside his Fairmount home.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to talk about anything,” he said.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, two additional plaintiffs filed court paperwork notifying Tisnower of their intent to sue.<\/p>\n
Details of those claims have not yet been filed.<\/p>\n
In a statement to Action News, an attorney for Tisnower said, “He denies allegations of wrongdoing. He has not been charged with any criminal offenses.”<\/p>\n
Philadelphia police said they could not comment on the case.<\/p>\n
A review of state records indicates Tisnower remains licensed and has no prior disciplinary actions.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the medical board said the agency could not comment on whether it was aware of the allegations or whether it was investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three women sued a Southwest Philadelphia doctor earlier this year, alleging he sexually assaulted them while providing medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-311591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}