Frequently asked questions

Barry J. Brock, M.D. is an obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced in the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles area for roughly four decades and held clinical privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He retired from medicine in August 2024 and surrendered his California medical license effective June 11, 2025. He has been named in civil lawsuits by former patients alleging sexual abuse during examinations, and has denied all allegations of impropriety.

Filings began in October 2024 with 35 plaintiffs. By the end of December 2024 the reported figure was 167. In June 2025 reporting placed the total at at least 176, and in October 2025 an additional 112 women filed, bringing the publicly reported total above 280.

No criminal charges have been reported. The matters against him are civil lawsuits, which have not been tried or decided.

He surrendered it. He signed a stipulated agreement in late May 2025 and the surrender took effect June 11, 2025. Importantly, the Medical Board accusation that preceded it concerned negligent care of a single patient in 2018 — including allegations that he performed a procedure without gloves and without a chaperone — not a Board finding of sexual assault. A surrender is not a criminal conviction or an admission.

The complaints allege that Cedars-Sinai received complaints about Dr. Brock over many years and failed to investigate or act, which plaintiffs characterize as a decades-long cover-up. These allegations are unproven. Cedars-Sinai has said the alleged behavior is counter to its core values, and that it suspended his privileges in July 2024 and terminated them that September.

California AB 250, signed October 13, 2025, opened a revival window running from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027 for certain adult sexual assault claims that were already time-barred, where a private institution is alleged to have concealed prior misconduct. Whether it applies to any individual depends on their specific facts, which only a lawyer can assess.

Many people in this situation spent years assuming a medical examination was normal. That doubt is the expected response to being examined while undressed and alone by someone with medical authority — it is not evidence that a concern is unfounded. You can request your medical records, which commits you to nothing, and you can consult a lawyer without filing anything.

California courts routinely permit plaintiffs in sexual assault cases to proceed under a pseudonym, and many complaints in this matter have been filed that way. It is a request a court grants rather than an automatic right, and the defendants will still learn your identity even if the public record does not carry your name.

Records from the 1980s and 1990s are often no longer retained, and that is common rather than disqualifying. Insurance claim histories, explanation-of-benefits statements, later physicians’ charts, pharmacy records and personal calendars can all help establish when and where you were treated.

Cases of this type are typically handled on contingency, meaning no fee unless there is a recovery, and initial consultations are generally free. A consultation is also covered by attorney-client privilege whether or not you hire the lawyer.

No. As of the last update to this page there has been no global settlement, no trial verdict, and no criminal prosecution reported. The civil cases are pending.

The litigation over Dr. James Heaps at UCLA involved similar allegations and resolved through settlements totaling nearly $700 million. It is the closest California precedent, but UCLA is a public institution, the facts differ, and one case’s settlement does not predict another’s outcome.

He was associated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he held clinical privileges, as well as affiliated practices including Beverly Hills OB/GYN and Rodeo Drive Women’s Medical Group.

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