Bond set for Denver cardiologist accused of date rape
A Denver judge ensured cardiologist Stephen Matthews will not be getting out of jail soon by setting his bond at $5 million during a hearing Friday afternoon.
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What's the biggest risk you've taken? Repeatedly asking a news reporter at another station to go out for dinner. It all became worthwhile when she married me.
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A Denver judge ensured cardiologist Stephen Matthews will not be getting out of jail soon by setting his bond at $5 million during a hearing Friday afternoon.
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Denver prosecutors have charged Matthews in connection with 10 women he dated. Many say they blacked out after drinking with Matthews at his home and several say after they blacked out, they believe Matthews sexually assaulted them.
A Brooklyn-based attorney says she will likely file a lawsuit against the dating app Hinge after the app was notified in 2020 and 2021 of concerns about Denver cardiologist Stephen Matthews, 35, allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met via Hinge.
A newly unsealed arrest affidavit for Matthews reveals a pattern of 10 women reporting blacking out after drinking with the doctor during dates over the last four years, with several of them saying he sexually assaulted them.
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