Three more women have alleged they were fondled by an Olympia Fields podiatrist recently charged with sexually assaulting a 76-year-old woman.
Anthony Overton Jr., 61, is slated to appear in court Monday for allegedly assaulting an elderly woman in June during an exam. He was charged July 10, and bail was set at $250,000.
The woman sought care for pain in her right foot and ankle, according to police reports. Overton allegedly fondled her breasts and, with his finger, penetrated her vagina and rectum, according to reports.
He is charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault for the attack on the elderly woman, a felony that carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison, said Andy Conklin, a Cook County state's attorney's spokesman.
Overton also is charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, which carries a penalty of up to seven years.
The three other victims contacted authorities after media reported the alleged sexual assault of the elderly woman.
The women accuse Overton of fondling them at his Chicago medical office or in a hospital bed awaiting surgery. Police reports say the incidents occurred between October 2004 and June 2006.
According to one report, Overton fondled a woman's breast and outer area of her vagina as she lay in a hospital bed awaiting minor foot surgery.
No charges stemming from the new complaints were filed as of Friday, News Affairs Officer Kristina Schuler said. Calumet Area detectives are investigating, she said.
The complaints prompted the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to suspend Overton's license, the agency said Friday.
That means Overton, of 21032 Apollo Circle in Olympia Fields, no longer can practice medicine in Illinois, at least until he goes before the department's Podiatric Medical Board on Aug. 22 and 23, board spokeswoman Susan Hofer said. Overton's office is at 9600 S. Halsted St., Chicago.
"Our belief is that there's a danger to the health and safety of the public by allowing (Overton) to continue to practice," Hofer said.
The board suspends licenses when there is an "imminent danger to the health and safety to the general public or to himself," she said. The state has not disciplined Overton before, Hofer said.
A phone message left for William Hooks, a Chicago attorney who is representing Overton, was not returned Friday.
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