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Novartis - A Chronicle of Scandals: Attempted Sexual Abuse of Underage Girl

A.L.F. Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) | 02.05.2008 12:10 | Animal Liberation | Gender | Health

This information campaign is dedicated to the victims of Novartis AG: Gunned-down Brazilian farmers - Tortured, maimed and killed animals in labs - Victims of sexual exploitation by the management - Africans left to die for profit - Patients poisoned and killed with harmful drugs - Babies fed with unhealthy food

Part 4: USA: Former Vice President Chiron (Novartis) Attempted Sexual Realtionship with Under-14-Years-Old Girl

Maurice Wolin, 48, was facing charges in California of attempting to commit a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14. Wolin was previously vice-president of oncology for the Chiron Corp. in Emeryville, a company owned by Novartis. He is registered as a physician and surgeon with the Medical Board of California. It is believed he now works for a Canadian global biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing cancer treatments.

Wolin was nabbed along with 28 other men who showed up at a Petaluma house in late August hoping for a "date" with an underage girl. Wolin and the others were allegedly chatting online with what they thought were young girls with whom they hoped to have sexual contact. Wolin's screen name was "talldreamy doc." He allegedly said he was 29, and talked online about giving and receiving oral sex.
The "girls" were actually police decoys set up as part of a six-month investigation by several law enforcement authorities including the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, Santa Rosa and Petaluma police departments. Police worked with Perverted Justice, a nationwide volunteer organization that monitors online Web sites and chat rooms.
Wolin and the other men caught in the sting operation appeared on Dateline NBC's "Catch a Predator" show. According to Dateline's transcripts, the cancer doctor appeared at the house and engaged in a brief conversation with an actress posing as the young girl with whom he had been chatting online. Nervous, he spilled a drink, then apparently spotted a camera crew and bolted. He was then apprehended. Transcripts show he told a police officer, "Oh, man, I wasn't doing anything."
Wolin hired high-powered Los Angeles defense attorney Blair Berk to represent him. His lawyers went to court to try and keep his video segment off the air, but the request was denied.
Berk, whose list of clients include Mel Gibson, Lindsay Lohan and Halle Berry, said earlier that Wolin was "in no way, shape or form any kind of predator or threat to anyone." This week, Berk and Olson said they had no further comments on the case at this time.

Contra Costa Times, California November 29, 2006

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