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TikTok star-doctor Jason Campbell, MD, has been placed on administrative leave by the University of Florida's teaching hospital following sexual assault charges and an investigation by his former employer, reported.

Campbell and that employer, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), by an employee, among other charges, with a complaint filed Feb. 26 in federal court.

Campbell is accused of physically assaulting the plaintiff, sending sexual texts and images to her mobile phone, and posting "sexually-charged" social media messages when he was a resident at OHSU.

The plaintiff is not named in the complaint and is identified only as an employee of the VA Medical Center in Portland, where the events allegedly took place. The Oregonian reports that she was a social worker, citing an OHSU internal investigation.

OHSU, a Portland teaching hospital that supplies residents to the VA hospital, stands accused of retaliating against the plaintiff and failing to meet Title IX requirements in handling reported sexual assaults. The complaint charges that it has a history of downplaying sexual assault; its "environment is one in which sexual misconduct is permitted."

Official charges levied against both Campbell and OHSU include sexual assault, battery, inflicting severe emotional distress, and invasion of privacy.

The plaintiff has requested a trial by jury, seeking $4.5 million from Campbell and OHSU, and $40.5 million in punitive damages from Campbell.

Campbell gained some social media fame by dancing in throughout the pandemic.

The plaintiff allegedly revealed Campbell's behavior to Esther Choo, MD, MPH, an OHSU emergency medicine professor and a founding member of , a not-for-profit that counters sexual misconduct in the workplace. But Choo did not report Campbell's behavior as per her duty, the suit alleges. Choo could not be reached for comment via OHSU or TIME'S UP.

Campbell allegedly texted the plaintiff a picture of his erect penis. He later came up behind her and thrust his erect penis against her backside. "Don't EVER surprise me by getting in my physical space," the plaintiff wrote to him. Campbell responded: "I should've asked. I'm sorry."

Campbell said he was trying to hug the plaintiff, according to the complaint.

The plaintiff reported Campbell to her supervisors on April 9, 2020, sharing the lewd messages.

Campbell and his supervisors were soon informed of the complaint. Campbell reported to residency director Emily Baird, MD, that he had "fallen into a woman" and was under investigation. Baird, despite being a mandatory reporter, "took no action on Dr. Campbell's confession."

Several other OHSU officials failed to fulfill their duty of reporting the alleged assaults: "Faculty and leaders display deliberate indifference to Title IX and allow sexual misconduct to thrive," according to the complaint.

On April 17, the plaintiff submitted a written report to OHSU's Title IX coordinator and a hospital detective.

OHSU conducted the investigation and released findings August 17: Campbell had "violated its policies and code of conduct by repeatedly sending electronic messages of a sexual nature to plaintiff, including and not limited to a picture of his erection ... and approaching plaintiff from behind in her office at the VA Medical Center and pressing his front side against her backside without express or implied consent," it found.

The review did not address potential violations of law or civil liability, according to the complaint. Its investigator did not interview the other alleged victim, nor Campbell's supervisor.

The suit also alleges that Campbell had sexually assaulted an OHSU student and employee previously.

The plaintiff claims she was also the victim of serial sexual harassment by another OHSU employee, former emergency medicine chair Oscar "John" Ma, MD, from June 2017 to October 2018.

OHSU declined to say whether it recommended Campbell or shared any details of its review with the University of Florida or its hospital hospital. OHSU noted that, in general, it honors reference requests "which includes a disclosure of policy violations when appropriate," a spokesperson told The Oregonian.

The newspaper reported that OHSU signed a confidential separation agreement with Campbell, according to the attorney who filed the complaint, "so we can only presume it was not OHSU who notified University of Florida of Dr. Campbell's violations."

The Florida hospital placed Campbell on leave upon learning of the investigation, The Oregonian reported, citing a spokesperson's comments that it had "recently learned" of Campbell's alleged misconduct.

Campbell was not reported to the Oregon Medical Board. A license belonging to a "Jason Lionel Campbell" working at OHSU expired July 31, . "There are no current or prior Board orders or agreements on file for this licensee," the state record shows.

OHSU dd not report Campbell to the state because "no report was required under the Medical Practices Act," a spokesperson emailed The Oregonian.

OHSU declined to talk to 麻豆传媒, instead emailing a statement Tuesday: "OHSU does not condone behavior as described in the lawsuit. We are continuously working to evolve our culture, policies and practices to provide an environment where all learners, employees, patients and visitors feel safe and welcome," a spokesperson wrote. OHSU cannot comment on pending litigation, she added: "We take our role seriously in being part of the change that needs to happen across our country to end discrimination and power dynamics that allow for harassment."

Neither Campbell nor Choo responded to requests from 麻豆传媒 for comment.

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