Port Arthur surgeon on trial after patient says he slipped fingers between her labia; SANE nurse and DNA tests discussed

A judge in the 252nd District Court in Jefferson County heard testimony and evidence on the first day of a trial in Cause No. 22‑40828 alleging a post‑operative sexual assault at a Port Arthur cosmetic surgery clinic.

The state called Carolyn Ann Dempsey and her daughter, Taylor Dean Dempsey, who testified that on April 5, 2022 the daughter went to a follow‑up appointment after thigh‑lift and tummy‑tuck surgery. Carolyn Dempsey said the defendant told her the lighting was better in another exam room and asked her to wait; when they left, Taylor was crying and they went to the police station and then to Saint Elizabeth Hospital for a SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) exam.

Taylor Dempsey testified in court that at the April 5 visit the defendant separated her from her mother; she said she pulled her pants down to the tops of her thighs with underwear on, that the defendant removed sutures and twice "slipped his fingers between my labia," and that he was not wearing gloves. On the witness stand she also described feeling "hysterical" and said she did not consent to any insertion. When asked why earlier reports said she was "not penetrated," she said she had understood that word to mean entry into the vaginal canal and that her later description reflects what she believes…