El Paso Sleep Center Sued Over Alleged Sexual Assault by Nurse

The lawsuit alleges a nurse practitioner at the center sexually assaulted a patient during an exam.

Summary: The Potts Law Firm has filed a civil lawsuit against Ali Ahtesham, a nurse practitioner, and his employer, the Advanced Neurology Epilepsy & Sleep Center in El Paso, alleging he sexually assaulted a patient during a routine examination. The lawsuit also claims the clinic ignored the patient’s request to be scheduled at another facility. Ahtesham has been arrested multiple times on charges of indecent assault and attempted sexual assault. Despite these allegations, he appears to remain employed at the sleep center, which has not responded to requests for comment.

Key Takeaways:

Civil Lawsuit: The suit alleges that Ali Ahtesham sexually assaulted a patient during a routine examination and that the clinic failed to act on the patient’s request to be scheduled elsewhere.
Multiple Arrests Raise Concerns: Ahtesham has been arrested previously on charges including indecent assault and attempted sexual assault.
Call for Additional Victims to Come Forward: The Potts Law Firm has invited other potential victims to share their experiences confidentially.

The Potts Law Firm has filed a civil lawsuit against Ali Ahtesham, a Texas nurse practitioner, and his employer, the Advanced Neurology Epilepsy & Sleep Center in El Paso, alleging that he sexually assaulted a patient during a routine examination and that the clinic failed to take action after the patient requested to be scheduled at a different facility.

This lawsuit follows multiple arrests of Ahtesham in recent months. Ahtesham was first arrested on June 11 by the El Paso Police Department on several charges of indecent assault and then again on July 8 by deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, according to KFox14. In October, Ahtesham was apprehended by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit for attempting to commit sexual assault and indecent assault as a healthcare provider on a patient.

“Unfortunately, this is part of a troubling trend that we are seeing nationwide of health care providers sexually assaulting and sometimes raping their patients. These egregious acts violate one of the most sacred of professional relationships between patients and their doctors and nurses,” says Derek Potts of Potts Law Firm, a Houston-based that handles sex abuse cases nationwide, in a release.

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According to the facility’s website, Ahtesham appears to remain employed. “To continue to employ a predator such as we have here is just as egregious as the acts he was committing,” says Potts in a release. “We would welcome the opportunity to confidentially speak with any other victims.”

Advanced Neurology Epilepsy & Sleep Center has not responded to Sleep Review’s request for comment, including whether Ahtesham remains employed at the facility.

This lawsuit is to be heard in the El Paso County District Court.