Some of the questions Kelly asked patients included “very detailed and specific” ones about whether or not they used sex toys, whether they watched internet pornography, or whether they used dating apps or “hooked up” with people they met on the internet, the lawsuit said. The former patients accused Kelly of “questioning (their) sexual history using demeaning and derogatory terms,” demanding that they undress in front of him while he refused to leave the room, and asking them to climb onto the exam table on their hands and knees without any sort of medical gown or robe to provide privacy. The original lawsuit, filed in 2019 on behalf of 21 of Kelly’s former patients, alleges Kelly targeted young gay and bisexual men while they were students at USC and sexually abused, harassed, and molested them during their appointments at the student health center. They also accused the university of failing to address complaints about Kelly’s behavior over the years and allowing Kelly to continue seeing patients without any restrictions, the statement said.
The 80 former patients say that Kelly “used his position of trust and authority as USC’s men’s health physician to engage in sexual misconduct under the guise of medical care and disproportionately targeted LGBTQ+ patients,” the statement said. Since then, 74 other former patients have also leveled accusations against Kelly, who worked at the facility from 1997 to 2018, the statement said. They also accused Kelly of discriminating against them for their sexual orientation and gender, according to a statement issued by Kellogg & Van Aken, the law firm that represented the plaintiffs. In 2019, six LGBTQ+ alumni of the university sued USC and Kelly, accusing the doctor of sexual misconduct during appointments at the USC Student Health Center.