Thornton said in the late 1990s or 2000, she was part of a group of medical assistants who complained to another supervisor during a staff meeting. She said they were upset that Tyndall wanted the assistants chaperoning his appointments to stand on the other side of a curtain while he performed pelvic exams. She also objected to what she saw as a "creepy" manner of using his fingers during the exams as well as comments he made to students.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 23, 2018 23:58 UTC