RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A physician and operator of a Riverside skin care clinic who groped three female patients pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor charges and was immediately sentenced to probation.
Dr. Sam Sannoufi, 55, of Newport Beach, admitted three counts of sexual battery on an unconscious person under a pretrial agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admissions, prosecutors dropped nine related felony counts against Sannoufi.
The plea deal was announced just as the defendant’s case was called for trial at the Riverside Hall of Justice Monday. Superior Court Judge Joshlyn Pulliam certified the terms of the agreement and imposed a two-year term of probation on Sannoufi. She additionally ordered him to register as a sex offender, disqualifying him from continuing to use his medical license, and directed that the defendant pay victim restitution in amounts to be determined by the Department of Probation…