A Chesterfield chiropractor who is accused of sex crimes has new allegations, and a lengthy history with the Board of Medicine.
PATIENTS.NOW, WE'RE LREANING MORE ABOUT ARICHMOND AREA CHIROPRACTORCHARGED...<JIB WITH FOUR FELONY SEXCRIMES.I'M CANDACE BURNS.AND I'M CHERYL MILLER.NEW HERE AT SIX - A CBS 6PROBLEMS SOLVERS INVESTIGAONTI.MELISSA HIPOLITEXPLORES MICHAEL POLLOCK'SHISTORY WITH THE STATE BOARD O FMDIECINE.
WHICH GOES BACK TOTHEEARLY 1980'S.AND SHE ASKEDOUR LEGAL EXPET RIF PASTINVESTIGATIONS ANDPUNISHMENTS.
COULD COME BACK TOHAUNT THE ACCUSED CHIROPRACTOR.MAY 17, 2021 A WOMAN WALKSINTO THEADVANCED WELLNESS CENTER IN THEMUSEUM DISTRICT TO RECEIVETREATMENT FORPAIN RELATED TO A CAR CRASH.THE CHIROPRACTORASSIGNED TO HER THAT DAY...WASNOT HER REGULAR PROVIDER..BUT INSTEAD...DOCTOR MICHAELPOLLOCK...A MAN WITHDECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND HISOWN PCRATICE: BON AIRCHIROPRACTIC CLINIC.ACCORDING TO A POLICEAFFIDAVIT...DOCTOR POLLOCK EXAMINED THEWOMAN HEAD TO TOE...AND SAID "IREALLY WANT YOU IN MY MOUTH"INVESTIGATORS SAY THENUNZIPPED HER CLOTHING...ANDPROCEEDED TO TOUCH MULTIPLEPARTS OF HER BODYINAPPROPRIATELY.THE AFFIDAVIT STATES THATPOLLOCK REPEATEDLY TOLD THEWOMAN SHE WAS "FLAWLESSAND BEAUTIFUL"...AND THAT LATERTHAT DAY....DOCTOR POLLOCKASSAULTED ONE OFTHE EMPLOYEES AT THE PRACTICE BYPLACING HIS HANDS ON HER BRESTASAFTER PRESSING ON SOMEACUPUNCTURE POINTS.IN BOTH INSTANCES...THEDETECTIVE WROTE WHAT HAPPENEDWAS NOT A RECOGNIZED FORMOF TREATMENT...AND THE ALLEGEDVICTIMS DID NOTCONSENT TO IT.A GRAND JURY INDICTEDPOLLOC..K.CHARING HIM WITHTHREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATEDSEXUAL BATTYER...AND ONECOUNT OF OBJECT SEXUALPENETRATION.CBS 6 LEGAL ANALYST TODD STONE.334 A JUDGE OR JURY WILL HAVE TOMAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER HESTEPPED OVER THAT LINE OFCONESNT AND DIDS OMETHINGILLEGAL BUT SOMETHING THEY MOSTLIKELYWON'T BE ABLE TOCONIDSER...POLLOCK'S LENGTHY HISTORY WITH THEBOARD OF MEDICINE.:41 THE RULES OF EVIDENCEPROHIBITA PROSECUTOR FROM PUTTING INEVIDENCE OF IPROR BAD ACTSUNLESS IT MEETS A VERY SPECIFICCRITERIABOARD DOCUMENTS SHOW THATHISTORY BEGAN 37 YEARSAGO...WHEN THE BOARDINVESTIGATEPOD LLOCK FORDIAGNOSING A WOMAN WITHNON-EXISTENT MEDICAL CONDITIONSIN 1984..HE WAS ORDERED TO CEASE USINGCONTROVERSIAL CHIROPRACTICMETHODS.THEN...IN 1998...THE BOARDINSVETIGATED POLLOCK FORPERFORMING A RECTAL EXAMWHICH A PATIENT THOUGHT WASSEXUAL IN NATURE.POLLOCK ADMITTEDHE BECAME AROUSED..KI.SSED THEPATIENT, FONDLED HERBREAST AND "ALLOWED HER TO PLACEHER HAND ON HIS PENIS."BUT THE BOARD OPTED NOT TOSANCTION POLLOCK.FIVE YEARS LATER...THE BOARDINVESTIGATED POLLOCK FORHAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPWITH A PATIENT...ANDMAKING INAPRPOPRIATE CMMOENTS TOANOTHER PATIENT.SPECIFICALLY THE SECOND PATIENTSAID HE HAD HER BENDFORWARD...PLACED HIS HAND ON HERWAIST, AND HE PLACED HIS LOWERBODY AGAINST HERS FROM BEHIND.THE BOARD PLACED HIS LICENSE ONINDEFINITE PROBATION...ANDREQUIRED POLLOCK TO HAVEA FEMALE CHAPERONE IN THE ROOMWHILE TREATING FEMALEPATIENTS.BUT ETH FOLLOWINGYEAR...THE BOARD INVESTIGATEDPOLLOCK FOR DIRECTING THECHAPERONE TO FALSELY INDICATETHEY WERE PRESENT FOREXAMS.THE BOARD FOUND POLLOCK'SEXPLANATION FOR THE CHAPERONEDISCREPCANIES REASONABLE ANDFULLY REINSTATED POLLOCK'SLICENSE.THEN IN 2010...THE BOARDINVESTIGATED POLLOCK FORPERFORMING BREAST EXAMS ON APATIENT FOR SEXUALGRATIFICATION.THE BOARD SUSPENDED HISLICENSE FOR 12 MONTHS.IN 2012...A PSYCHIRATISTOPINED TO THE BOARD THAT POLLOCKWAS NOT A SEXUALPREDATOR AND NOT A DANGER TO HISPATIENTS...AND HIS LICENSE WASREINSTATED WITH SOMECONDITIONS...TO INCLUDE THERAPYAND MENTORING.BY 2013...HIS LICENSE WASFULLY REINSTATED.WE EARCHED OUT O TPOLLOCK'SATTORNEY ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONSAND THHE ISTORY...AND AREWAITING TO HEAR BACK.CHESTERFIELD POLICE TOLD MEMULTIPLE ALLEGED VICTIMS HAVECOME FORWARD SINCE POLLOCK WASARRESTED...THEY'REWORKING WHIT THE COMMONWEALTH'SATTORNEY'S OFFICE TODETERMINE IF THEY CAN PROSECUTETHE NEW CASES.YOU HEARD TODDSTONE SAY IN THIS PIECE...THATPOLLOCK'S HISTORY BEFORETHE BOARD OF MEDICINE MOSTLIKELY WILL NOT BE USED DURINGTHETRIAL...BUT WHAT ABOUT IF DOCTORPOLLOCK IS FOUND GUILTY?COULD BE IT USED DURINGSENTENCING?
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A Chesterfield chiropractor who is accused of sex crimes has new allegations, and a lengthy history with the Board of Medicine.