Doctor accused of abusing patients treated Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach like a ‘sexual playground,’ attorneys allege

Hoag Hospital officials should have been aware that Dr. William Moore Thompson IV — a pioneering infectious-disease expert accused of sexually abusing patients — was committing sexual misconduct in their facilities, attorneys for the accusers allege in a filing meant to consolidate numerous civil lawsuits against the doctor.
More than 160 individuals have filed 21 separate civil lawsuits in Orange County Superior Court against Dr. Thompson, 57, who made his name caring for men living