Disgraced 35-year-old gastroenterologist Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse for assaulting acquaintances and female hospital patients, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday.
Cheng, of Astoria, was charged in a 50-count indictment for the crimes in August 2023. He was then indicted on additional charges in March 2024 after another hospital victim came forward.
Cheng admitted he filmed the abuse of unconscious victims in both his apartment and at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital between 2020 and 2022, pleading guilty to seven counts related to rape and sexual abuse. He additionally entered an Alford plea to one count of sexual abuse…