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Anyone who wanted contraception had to go to Dr. Tyndall
Audry Nafziger hadn’t seen the inside of many gynecological offices when she began studying law at the University of Southern California (USC) at the age of 23. Because she was in her first real relationship at the time, she wanted to get a prescription for contraception. She made an appointment with campus gynecologist George Tyndall. What she experienced in his practice, she follows to this day. In the RTL interview, the 54-year-old tells how the doctor abused her and how she found out that she is not his only victim.
Doctor graduated and took photos of naked student
At the time, Nafziger did not know how a normal examination at the gynecologist would work. Nevertheless, she quickly noticed in the treatment room that something was wrong. “He locked the door,” I reminded her in an interview. “That seemed strange to me.” But that wasn’t the only thing that puzzled the young woman. “He didn’t wear gloves,” says Nafziger. She felt his bare hands on her bare thighs. He put several of his fingers in her and then told her she had HPV and that he needed treatment.
The doctor then also told her that he would now take photos of her and that she would take part in a study. “I had the feeling that I had no choice because I had not yet received treatment,” says the woman. The doctor then dimmed the light and moved to the back of the room so that she could no longer see him in the semi-darkness, recalls Nafziger.
Nafziger believed the gynecologist that she had contracted the HP virus
Then he told her about an experience he claims to have had in the Philippines. In a bar there was a woman who was orally satisfied by several men. Nafziger, who was sitting bare on the examination chair, suddenly got terrible. To this day she wonders what the doctor was doing in the back of the room.
Nafziger didn’t tell anyone what was going on in Dr. Tyndall’s exam room passed. She felt dirty and ashamed, she says. “Who am I telling this? Who will believe me?”, She asked herself at the time and was silent. She then had to go to the doctor again to complete her “HPV treatment”. He had threatened her that otherwise she would get cancer. During the second examination, a nurse was in the room. The doctor then tampered with her cervix. Long after the examination, she was still in pain.
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For years, Audry Nafziger thought she was infected with HP viruses because Dr. Tyndall “treated” her for it.
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Hundreds of women report abuse in the gynecological office
In 2018 it suddenly came to light that the doctor is said to have passed on hundreds of female students in California. The allegations range from uncomfortable touching to rape. “They found mountains of photos on him,” says Nafziger in an interview. When she suddenly saw the gynecologist’s face on the news, Nafziger also had memories of the horror visit to Dr. Tyndall back up. She decided to finally talk about what she had experienced and took a look at her medical records from back then. In the investigation report, she discovered that she had never tested positive for HP viruses. The doctor had lied to the unsuspecting young woman. “It wasn’t a coincidence,” she is convinced today. “He was the predator and I was its prey.”
The US university is said to have known about the allegations against the doctor – but Dr. Tyndall apparently continued to practice unhindered on the USC campus for years. The university now has to pay compensation for pain and suffering. In a class action lawsuit, the university had already promised $ 215 million in compensation in 2018. For more than 700 affected women, a further $ 852 million in compensation for pain and suffering should now flow.
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Former campus gynecologist George Tyndall has not yet been convicted.
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Proceedings against Dr. Tyndall is still running
For the victims, however, the fight is not over yet. The proceedings against the gynecologist are still ongoing. “He’s still running around freely,” criticized Nafziger. She cannot understand why it took so long to bring charges against the man in the first place. The former USC student also criticizes the fact that no investigations have been launched against the university. “Nobody who let that happen was held accountable,” she complains.
Nafziger is now a lawyer and supports victims of sexual violence in her everyday professional life. In retrospect, this is no coincidence either. The fact that she can fight for others who have been abused helps her come to terms with her own experiences.
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