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Former physician faces sexual abuse charges

Former physician faces sexual abuse charges
SEE ON KCCI. A FORMER PHYSICIAN IN A WOMAN SAYS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER DECADES AGO FACES CHARGES TONIGHT FROM A RECENT INCIDENT. CASEY RS KAYLA JAMES IS HERE TO EXPLAIN. KAYLA. STACY LYNN LINDEMANN IS A FORMER WEST DES MOINES PHYSICIAN WHO WAS ARRESTED TODAY AND IS NOW FACING SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, HIS NAME, THAT’S BECAUSE LAST YEAR SHERRI MUELLER SPOKE WITH US SAYING SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HIM IN THE 70S WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS STILL A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN IN THE STATE OF IOWA. THAT IS SHERRI MUELLER SPEAKING AT AN IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021. MUELLER TELLS US SHE SPOKE TIME AFTER TIME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AFTER LEARNING THE MAN SHE SAYS ASSAULTED HER WAS A PHYSICIAN. IT WENT TO TRIAL IN 1976. SHE SAYS HE WAS CONVICTED, BUT IN 2020, MUELLER SAYS SHE LEARNED BEAMAN WAS OFFERED A DEFERRED JUDGMENT AND HIS CASE WAS DISMISSED. HE SHOULDN’T BE AROUND PATIENTS. HE SHOULD NOT BE AROUND YOUNG CHILDREN. THE CHARGES RELEASED WEDNESDAY INCLUDE TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST A MINOR. THE IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SAYS LINDEMANN’S ARREST COMES AFTER A COMPLAINT WAS FILED AGAINST HIM ON TUESDAY. THE ANKENY POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED LINDEMANN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HE IS BEING HELD AT THE POLK COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BAIL. WHEN SHERRI MUELLER AND I MET LAST YEAR, SHE SAID SHE DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. SO SHE WAS DEVASTATED WHEN SHE CALLED US WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE CHARGES AS SHE SHARED, SHE HEARD LINDEMANN HAD BEEN ARRESTED. KCCI WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TH
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Former physician faces sexual abuse charges
An Ankeny man was arrested Wednesday and now faces two counts of sexual abuse against a minor.The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 72-year-old Lynn Lindaman was arrested by the Ankeny Police Department on Wednesday. In a news release, DCI says the charges against Lindaman came about after a complaint was filed with the Ankeny Police Department on June 27.Lindaman has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree against a minor. Back in 2022, KCCI spoke with Sherri Moler, who says she was sexually assaulted by Lindaman in the 1970s. Moler says she remembers the trial in 1976. Moler tells KCCI Lindaman was convicted. "I had to stand in front of 12 strangers and tell a horrific part of my life," Moler said in an interview with KCCI in April 2022. "I had to look at him."However, in 2020, Moler says she learned Lindaman was offered a deferred judgment and his case was dismissed. Since then, Moler has spoken up at several Iowa Board of Medicine meetings and continuously shared her story. "He shouldn't be around patients," Moler said in 2022. "He shouldn't be around young children."Moler called KCCI on Wednesday, sharing the news about Lindaman's arrest. Just this spring, Moler filed a lawsuit against Lindaman.Moler is able to do so thanks to a 2022 legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden. Known as the "Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022," the law abolishes the 10-year statute of limitations for victims who were minors when they experienced sex offenses at the federal level.It allows them to file civil claims.The lawsuit alleges Moler has experienced "mental health diagnoses and treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, pain and suffering," and more.KCCI will continue to follow this investigation and share updates as they come.

An Ankeny man was arrested Wednesday and now faces two counts of sexual abuse against a minor.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 72-year-old Lynn Lindaman was arrested by the Ankeny Police Department on Wednesday. In a news release, DCI says the charges against Lindaman came about after a complaint was filed with the Ankeny Police Department on June 27.

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Lindaman has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree against a minor.

Back in 2022, KCCI spoke with Sherri Moler, who says she was sexually assaulted by Lindaman in the 1970s.

Moler says she remembers the trial in 1976. Moler tells KCCI Lindaman was convicted.

"I had to stand in front of 12 strangers and tell a horrific part of my life," Moler said in an interview with KCCI in April 2022. "I had to look at him."

However, in 2020, Moler says she learned Lindaman was offered a deferred judgment and his case was dismissed. Since then, Moler has spoken up at several Iowa Board of Medicine meetings and continuously shared her story.

"He shouldn't be around patients," Moler said in 2022. "He shouldn't be around young children."

Moler called KCCI on Wednesday, sharing the news about Lindaman's arrest.

Just this spring, Moler filed a lawsuit against Lindaman.

Moler is able to do so thanks to a 2022 legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden. Known as the "Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022," the law abolishes the 10-year statute of limitations for victims who were minors when they experienced sex offenses at the federal level.

It allows them to file civil claims.

The lawsuit alleges Moler has experienced "mental health diagnoses and treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, pain and suffering," and more.

KCCI will continue to follow this investigation and share updates as they come.