Doctor Robert Goodman, an internist who for many years has had a practice in Boro Park and recently expanded to Lakewood, is no stranger to being sued for sexual assault at this point. He was already facing a 2023 Adult Survivors Act lawsuit filed by five women who accused him of groping their breasts, and making inappropriate sexual comments to them without consent during appointments. He is also in the middle of an investigation and trial by the Office of Professional Discipline in New York related to these allegations.
A sixth woman has now filed suit against him alleging similar abuses. The new suit was filed in early May.
According to the complaint, Plaintiff began seeing Dr. Goodman close to thirty years ago when she was newly married in her early 20s and had just moved to Boro Park. During appointments, according to the complaint, Goodman would close and lock the door. The complaint alleges that Goodman always treated Plaintiff in a way that made her feel uncomfortable, patting her face, and calling her sheffele.
The complaint further alleges that on at least five other occasions, while checking her vitals with a stethoscope, he used the exam as a pretext to grope her breasts.
Plaintiff describes feeling unsure what to do because she believed him to be a professional, and because Goodman, who had (and still has) admitting privileges at Maimonides, was helping to advocate for Plaintiff's husband who was hospitalized there at the time. Plaintiff states that she had a conversation about what was happening with a neighbor who told Plaintiff that Goodman had groped her too. After that conversation, according to the complaint, Plaintiff found a new doctor.
In December of 2025, according to the complaint, Plaintiff was having a conversation with a friend who worked in court who mentioned working on a case similar to the existing case against Dr. Goodman. According to the complaint, Plaintiff disclosed her own abuse to this friend who informed her of her rights under the GMVA. The complaint states that Plaintiff then looked up Dr. Goodman online, found the existing lawsuit against him, and found out that she was just one of several women who allegedly had similar experiences with Goodman.
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