When a male dental assistant surnamed Chen taught a male patient to brush his teeth, he used the excuse of helping to "maintain the prostate" and kept touching the male patient's "that word" more than 10 times. Today, the court sentenced Chen Nan to pay 30,000 yuan in compensation for spiritual comfort.

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[Reporter Yang Guowen/Taipei Report] When a male dental assistant surnamed Chen in Daan District, Taipei City was assigned by the dentist to teach young male patients to brush their teeth in the toilet of the clinic, he claimed to have worked as a urology nurse, and he used the excuse that he could help "maintain the prostate." Immediately, he reached out and touched the male patient's genitals more than 10 times and the nipples twice. Unwilling to be sexually harassed, the male patient rushed out of the toilet to ask for help, but Chen Nan firmly denied the crime. In addition to Yike's fine of 90,000 yuan, the High Court today ordered Chen Nan to pay 30,000 yuan in compensation for the spiritual comfort of the male patient.

The verdict pointed out that the young male patient went to a dental clinic in Daan District, Taipei City for the first time on the night of June 12 last year for dental treatment due to gum pain.

At 8 o'clock at that time, after treating the male patient's teeth, the dentist assigned a dental assistant surnamed Chen to teach the male patient how to brush his teeth correctly.

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The male patient accused Chen Nan of closing the door immediately after the two entered the toilet. He was supposed to be taught how to brush his teeth, but Chen Nan claimed to have worked as a urology nurse and could help maintain his prostate. The patient told Chen Nan that there was no need for it.

However, Chen Nan stood opposite him and asked him to open his mouth. During the process, Chen Nan first brushed his teeth with his left hand, but touched his genitals with his right hand, which scared him. At first he thought Chen Nan touched it accidentally. Arrived, don't take it seriously.

However, Chen Nan touched his genitals more than 10 times in a row, and the patient realized that he was being harassed by Chen Nan, and immediately told Chen Nan, "Don't brush it anymore". At the same time, he touched the male patient's nipples twice with his left hand, which angered the male patient. He rushed out of the toilet and went straight to the counter, saying "he (Chen Nan) sexually harassed him." However, Chen Nan denied the accusation, and the male patient In a fit of anger, Sue filed a lawsuit against Chen Nan.

During the court hearing, Chen Nan still denied sexual harassment and did not touch the male patient's body. Although he had worked as a urology assistant in Kaohsiung before, he did not tell the male patient that he was a urology assistant.

The criminal court of the North Court inspected the surveillance video in court and found that after the male patient left the toilet, he had accused the doctor and the counter staff of being harassed by Mr. Chen, and said that he would do "prostate maintenance" on him, and "one hand Touch me all the way down, then switch hands and touch my nipples."

The North Court judged that the male patient met Chen Nan for the first time. If Chen Nan had not informed him, the male patient would not have known that Chen Nan had worked as an assistant in the urology department. In addition, when the staff at the counter asked Chen Nan if he had touched the male patient, Chen Nan said at first that he "almost got killed", but later changed his words because the toilet was too narrow, so he touched the male patient, but did not touch his lower body. The male motive, and the accusation that Chen Nan’s statement was consistent, that Chen Nan’s crime of sexual harassment was clear, and he always denied the crime, and his attitude after the crime was not good, he was sentenced to 3 months in prison, and could be fined 90,000 yuan by Yike.

Chen Nan refused to accept it, and after appealing, the High Court rejected the decision in September this year.

The male patient also filed criminal incidental civil compensation against Chen Nan, and the High Court today ruled that Chen Nan should compensate the male patient 30,000 yuan in spiritual comfort money.