{"id":397928,"date":"2025-11-22T23:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397928\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T23:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:41:11","slug":"pediatrician-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-patient-had-prior-complaint-affidavit-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397928\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatrician accused of sexually assaulting a patient had prior complaint, affidavit says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A local pediatrician accused of sexually assaulting a minor patient had a previous formal complaint made against him, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Perez, 50, was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Perez is currently listed on Centro Med&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/centromedsa.com\/clinicians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a> as a physician at Sorrento Plaza, located on the Northwest Side of town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/local-pediatrician-charged-for-alleged-sexual-assault-of-minor-patient-sapd-child-special-victims-unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local pediatrician charged for alleged sexual assault of minor patient<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police said a patient, between the ages of 10 and 16, told his parents he was sexually assaulted by Perez during a checkup. During the visit, Perez allegedly asked the victim&#8217;s mother to exit the examination room. After she exited the room, Perez allegedly sexually assaulted the victim.<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest affidavit obtained on Saturday, the victim, who is currently 16, stated he was sexually assaulted by Perez at the age of 12. <\/p>\n<p>The next year when the victim returned for his annual check-up at age 13, he stated that Perez inappropriately touched him and had sexual contact with him. Perez told the victim, &#8220;You know you can&#8217;t tell anyone, right?,&#8221; the affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p>Perez told investigators the Texas Medical Board had received a formal complaint against him stemming from an incident in February 2024 involving a 17-year-old patient. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe there may be additional victims in this case and urge the public to contact the San Antonio Police Department&#8217;s Special Victims Unit if they have any information.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records show Perez has since been released on bond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A local pediatrician accused of sexually assaulting a minor patient had a previous formal complaint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":397929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-397928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-sanantonio","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115596000518113785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}