Ex-Dentist May Face Charges in Semen Case

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Date: 03/09/05 

Date: 8 Mar 2005 19:23:21 -0800

March 8, 2005
Ex-Dentist May Face Charges in Semen Case
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A lawyer for a former dentist accused of
squirting semen into the mouths of female patients expects a grand jury
to charge his client as early as next week.

Defense lawyer George Laughrun said he expects misdemeanor counts of
assault on a female against Dr. John Hall to go to the Mecklenburg
County grand jury Monday. Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorney David
Maloney confirmed to The Charlotte Observer that he plans to submit
seven counts to the grand jury.

Hall, 44, has denied the allegations, but could face up to 120 days in
prison if convicted on the charges.

Until August, when the N.C. Board of Dental Examiners revoked his
license, Hall practiced in Cornelius, a suburb north of Charlotte.

At the hearing, former patients testified that Hall squirted a
foul-tasting substance from a syringe into their mouths. In all, Hall
was accused of injecting semen into the mouths of six female patients.

In testimony before the dental board, Hall denied the allegations.

"I have never injected semen in any patient's mouth," he said. "I never
would. I've got a 10-year-old daughter. That whole concept is so beyond
me."

Police searched Hall's office and confiscated syringes after several
employees said they were suspicious of the dentist's behavior. DNA
tests on the syringes later showed they contained Hall's semen.

Hall said he was collecting his semen to track the side effects of a
hair-growth drug. Potential side effects of the drug include low sperm
count and diminished semen.

One of Hall's alleged victims, a 38-year-old woman from Cornelius, told
The Observer she was glad he will face criminal charges, although she
wishes they were more severe.

"I know the prosecutors' hands are tied," she said. What Hall is
accused of doing, she said, is "so sleazy and disgusting it doesn't fit
under any type of law."

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