University of Washington Professor Accused of Child Sex Abuse and Other Sexual Misconduct
Eyewitnesses who personally observed Dr. Piepkorn’s sexual misconduct involving several young women said: “Dr. Piepkorn is a sexual predator.”
Why This Site Exists
As detailed in sworn testimony contained in public documents, this website compiles allegations of child sex
abuse, sexual misconduct, and sexual harassment relating to Dr. Michael Piepkorn. This website is intended to bring
attention to sexual misconduct, harassment, and sex abuse perpetrated by Dr. Michael Piepkorn, a University of
Washington Medicine clinical faculty member and Dermatopathology Northwest pathologist. It is curated by individuals
who were directly impacted by Dr. Piepkorn's abuse, including victims and eyewitnesses. The site serves as a public
archive of firsthand accounts of abuse contained in sworn statements and court declarations. Sexual misconduct thrives
in silence. This website provides survivors and witnesses a public platform to ensure their voices are heard—not buried,
ignored, or erased. The courage of those who have come forward deserves acknowledgment and action. This website aims to
document and preserve testimony, legal declarations, and other materials related to serious allegations of child sexual
abuse and other forms of sexual misconduct and sex abuse involving Dr. Piepkorn.
As a faculty member at a publicly funded university, Dr. Piepkorn was supported by taxpayer dollars and entrusted
with power and responsibility. With that comes a higher standard of ethical conduct and transparency. Those in
positions of public trust must be held accountable when that trust is broken. This site stands as a living
record—a challenge to the institutions that enabled misconduct, a call for justice and reform, and a commitment to
ensuring that what happened to these victims is neither forgotten nor repeated. This website is entirely
non-commercial, and none of the victims or contributors receive any financial benefit from its existence or
visibility. It is a labor of truth and advocacy, not profit. This website exists out of a shared commitment to
calling attention to prior abuse perpetuated by Dr. Piepkorn, protecting others, and preventing future harm. This
website is purely for truth-telling and advocacy for change, a victim’s right protected by the First Amendment.
Sworn Testimony
Eyewitness Recounts Dr. Piepkorn's Horrific Sexual Abuse
“What my children went through was unspeakable. Words do not describe the pain
my children and I have endured. Dr. Piepkorn’s family robbed my children of their innocence. They tortured
my children in ways that are absolutely horrific and unspeakable. I cannot fathom how someone would do such
despicable things to children, let alone their own biological children.”
“Over the years, I have personally witnessed Dr. Piepkorn engage in sexual
misconduct involving several young women. Dr. Piepkorn is a sexual predator. Some of that sexual misconduct
happened at events sponsored or hosted by Dermatopathology Northwest.”
“The things that I have come to witness and know about Dr. Piepkorn and his
sexual misconduct are downright despicable and horrific.”
“I felt that I had the obligation to speak up about Dr. Piepkorn’s sexual
misconduct that I have personally witnessed because no one should have to go through the sex abuse Dr.
Piepkorn put them through.”
“Dr. Piepkorn has hired an army of attorneys at powerful law firms like [Marty
McLean and Jessica Thompson of] Hagens Berman and [Thomas Hansen of] Oseran Hahn to help cover-up his sexual
misconduct and bully his victims into silence.”
Victims Urge UW to Investigate Dr. Piepkorn's Sex Abuse
“My primary purpose in writing to you today is to voice my concern for Dr.
Piepkorn’s alarming conduct, including giving a voice for the many victims of Dr. Piepkorn. Dr. Piepkorn’s
bizarre and deeply disturbing misconduct has adversely impacted a number of people and I aim to give a voice
to all those who were wronged by Dr. Piepkorn. For many years, Dr. Piepkorn has continued to abuse and torment
those around him, whether it is consistently keeping neighbors under surveillance, sexually abusing certain
individuals, or helping both of his children escape culpability for child sex abuse crimes.”
“But above all, I write on behalf of the then 7-year old and 2-year old victims
that Dr. Piepkorn did nothing to protect against. Dr. Piepkorn’s complacency, coupled with his own bizarre,
over-the-top behavior, is a significant cause for concern that I believe the UW leadership should investigate.
For far too long, Dr. Piepkorn has used his position to misappropriate the public trust and engaged in serious
misconduct that warrants further investigation.”
“The University should put an end to Dr. Piepkorn’s misconduct and I believe it
should investigate its relationship with Dr. Piepkorn. By conducting an investigation into the University’s
relationship with Dr. Piepkorn, the University would be sending a signal that it stands in solidarity with
victims of child sex abuse. By continuing to standby Dr. Piepkorn, the University would further a culture of
institutional indifference that has enabled Dr. Piepkorn to continue to abuse those around him for years on
end.”
“The University of Washington should be ashamed of itself for continuing to
support and foster a culture of predatory sexual behavior amongst its staff, including Dr. Piepkorn. In
general, medical doctors are held to a high standard in society. When child sex abuse allegations against
doctors surface, people are generally quick to dismiss them because of the stature medical doctors hold in our
society. But it is exactly that type of institutional dismissiveness that cultivates sexual predators like Dr.
Piepkorn. How long do we have to wait until Dr. Piepkorn becomes the new Larry Nassar? Remember, Michigan
State University leaders dismissed child sex abuse allegations against then Dr. Larry Nassar because they
believed that the child sex abuse allegations against then-Dr. Nassar to be “unsubstantiated.” Let’s not make
the same mistake with Dr. Piepkorn.”
Dr. Piepkorn Used His Position at UW to Hide Sexual Misconduct
Dr. Piepkorn is a dermatologist and pathologist with Dermatopathology Northwest
in Bellevue, WA. To rebut the allegation that Dr. Piepkorn had an issue with indecent exposure, which included
Dr. Piepkorn exposing himself at a medical conference in New Orleans, Dr. Piepkorn had a clinical instructor
in the Division of Dermatology at the UW School of Medicine (Dr. Maryam Asgari) write a letter on UW School of Medicine letterhead
“certifying” that she “did not state that Dr. Michael Piepkorn publicly exposed himself”:
Dr. Piepkorn's Own Family Details Dr. Piepkorn's Sex Abuse and Harassing Behavior
“If a restraining order is entered, I would be comforted to know that Mike would
be restrained from giving any type of material like this directly, indirectly or inadvertently to our
children. He should be restrained from having any pornographic material in his home and he should be required
to install filters on his computer to restrict internet access to pornographic material.”
“The information I have provided Dr. Olson includes my statements of my personal
knowledge, Mike's admissions to me and other tangible evidence of the following:
Allegations of indecent exposure in New Orleans during a medical conference
Instances of Mike's hiring prostitutes from a strip club to meet him at a
Seattle Spa known as Tubbs
Allegations in sworn declarations in Adams v. Desmond, King County Case No.
98-2-28905-8 alleging that Mike was looking into the windows of our neighbor’s homes (peeping tom) and
about the nature of Mike’s anger.
King County Sherriff’s Officer Eric Soderstrom, visit about a neighbor who
alleged that Mike threatened to kill her."
Dr. Piepkorn's Neighbors Detail His Sexual Harassment and More Harassing Behavior
Mary Anne Adams, testified about the constant harassment she and her husband
endured at the hands of Dr. Piepkorn, including how Dr. Piepkorn kept them under surveillance for months on
end and how Dr. Piepkorn subjected Mrs. Adams to unwanted sexual harassment, and why she needed to obtain a
fence to keep Dr. Piepkorn away:
“I think it is important for the court to understand why this is such an issue.
We want a fence
because Mr. Piepkorn has continually subjected myself and my husband to numerous forms of harassment. He
has kept our house under video surveillance for months at a time. When my husband is not around, Mr.
Piepkorn has come up to me on my property and insulted me in the most personal and demeaning way, making
creepy sexual references about my looks, my husband, etc. He makes continual hand gestures
to us. On a number of occasions, he has attempted to provoke physical combat with my husband. We
have caught him peeping into our windows and into the windows of two other neighbors. We are not the
only ones Mr. Piepkorn does this to; our neighbors the Trujillos have seen it also. Despite my requests
to him, Mr. Piepkorn repeatedly mowed our lawn. He used to put his lawn furniture on our property and
ostentatiously sit down to enjoy it. When we had house guests, he would come over uninvited, sit down,
and introduce himself. He continually intruded on our privacy. I feel I need a fence for
security.”
Dr. Piepkorn's Neighbors Recount Dr. Piepkorn's Stalking and Peeping Tom
Cindy Trujillo, another one of Piepkorn’s neighbors, stated that she too
witnessed Piepkorn’s disconcerting behavior towards others:
“We know that both of our fences are also preventing our common neighbor, Mr.
Piepkorn, from
wandering onto our properties both during the day and at night with his flashlight which has been rather
disconcerting.”
Another neighbor, Joe Trujillo, who was also a reserve police officer,
previously testified that he too witnessed Piepkorn’s disconcerting behavior on several occasions:
“I wish to inform the court concerning my direct observations and encounters
with Mr. Piepkorn,
and his conduct towards the Adams which I have observed.
Before the Adams put up their fence, I saw
Mr. Piepkorn in the Adams’ backyard on a number of occasions, usually in the middle of the night,
shining a flashlight and looking into windows. On several occasions, I have seen him doing the same
thing at my house. I have had to explicitly warn him not to come onto my property again.
We decided to put up a new fence along our lot line. Mr. Piepkorn harassed my employees who were
installing the fence, and yelled at me in a manner that was truly shocking. He twice challenged me to
fist fights because of my fence.”
Dr. Piepkorn Openly Associates Himself With 40+ People Accused of Perpetuating Serious Crimes, Including Child Sex Abuse and Human Trafficking
Dr. Piepkorn is not only accused of having committed child sex abuse and other forms of sexual harassment, Dr. Piepkorn's social media shows that he openly associates himself with a number of people who have been accused of committing serious sexual abuse, including incest, sexual abuse of minors, and human trafficking. The list of people Dr. Piepkorn associates himself with is both alarming and a serious cause for concern. Why is a medical school professor at the University of Washington openly associating himself with 40+ people who are accused of committing serious crimes, including sexual abuse of minors?
For example, two people Dr. Piepkorn associates with are registered sex offenders in Florida and Nebraska. Why is a medical school professor at the University of Washington friends with two people who are registered sex offenders? As another example, Dr. Piepkorn is friends with Grady Gaston, a Huntsville, Alabama man who was charged with 75 counts of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, rape, bribing a witness, and drug related crimes. Again, why is Dr. Piepkorn friends with someone who was charged with 75 counts of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, rape, bribing a witness, and drug related crimes? Dr. Piepkorn's associations with those who are alleged to have hurt children are both shocking and deserves serious rebuke.
Below is a list of known fraudsters and other unsavory characters Dr. Piepkorn openly associated himself with:
List of Known Sex Abusers and Fraudsters Dr. Piepkorn is Associated with
Dr. Nicholas Mukhtar, Detroit, Michigan doctor charged with transmitting child sex abuse material
Dan Goodman, a New York man who is on Florida's sex offender registry due to sodomy conviction
Joseph Brvenik, a 17 year old Houston, Texas teen who was charged with indecency with a child
Dr. Vincenzo Giordano, a British heart surgeon who was convicted of assaulting a woman
Brian M. Kashman, a Scottsdale, Arizona resident who was charged with insider trading
Andrew J. Eeten, a Monmouth, Illinois high school teacher charged with felony sex charges involving two minor girls
Mitchell Allen Kennedy, a Cape Cod, Massachusetts native who was charged with distributing child pornography in Georgia
Ryan Abramson, a Holy Ghost Preparatory School teacher who was terminated for sexual misconduct involving minors
Dr. Nishi Patel, a Pennsylvania doctor who paid $95,000 to resolve allegations of genetic testing fraud
Dr. Sudesh Banaji, an Alabama doctor who was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting his patients
Evyatar Nitzany, a Mountain View hospital manager accused of sexually assaulting colleague
Howard J. Wilner, a Marlborough auto dealer indicted on charges of extortion by threat of injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and threatening to commit a crime
Steven Sarafian, a West Palm Beach man who was arrested in a West Palm Beach prostitution sting
Dr. Rajesh Bindal, a Sugar Land, Texas doctor who agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations he submitted false claims
Thad Rice, a McCall man who was convicted for assault with a deadly weapon
Adrian Alexander, a New York litigation funder who was sentenced to 3 years in prison for $31 million litigation fraud
Dr. Steven Bauer, a Charlotte, North Carolina doctor who agreed to pay $1.373 million to resolve medical fraud allegations
Dr. Kevin Schoenfelder, a Tacoma, Washington doctor who, along with his hospital, agreed to pay $1 million to resolve medical fraud allegations
Jeff Hawks, a Nebraska mechanical engineer who is on Nebraska's sex offender registry due to two convictions for sexual assault of a child
Edneil Bonet, a Deerfield Beach, Florida man who was charged with voyeurism after he was caught peeping through the bedroom windows of two teenage girls, 13 and 14
Charutha Bandara, a Bloomington, Indiana man who was charged with pointing a firearm at another, intimidation, battery, and dealing marijuana for pressing the barrel of a gun to the back of another man's head
Grady Gaston / Grady Paul Gaston, a Huntsville, Alabama man who was charged with 75 counts of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, rape, bribing a witness, and drug related crimes
Dr. Thomas Taylor, a Houston, Texas doctor who was sued for sexually abusing his patients because he traded prescriptions for sex with his patients
Professor Harvey Shapiro, a Boston, Massachusetts professor at Northeastern who was charged in a prostitution sting in Boston
Professor Lewis Aptekar, a San Jose State University professor who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment
Jeff Christian / Jeffrey E. Christian, the founder of the executive search company Christian & Timbers, was found guilty of reckless homicide and permitting drug abuse of a teenage boy
Dr. Thi Thien Nguyen Tran, a Florida dermatologist who agreed to pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations of health care fraud
Matthew Bissell, a Berkeley, California high school teacher who sexually abused students and caused the school district to pay $13.5 million to resolve sex abuse claims/li>
Ian Charles Schenkel, of Newport Beach, California was charged with rape, sexual penetration by a foreign object of a victim younger than 16, oral copulation of a person younger than 16, lewd act on a child 14 or 15, rape of a minor, oral copulation of a person younger than 18, sexual penetration by foreign object of a victim younger than 18, and two counts of soliciting prostitution with a minor
Kyle Jon Vandermolen, of St. Louis, Missouri was charged with a felony count of invasion of privacy for installing a secret video camera in his bathroom to film guests and children
Micah Love-Allotey, of Worcester, Massachusetts was charged with solicitation of prostitution as part of a human trafficking operation
Dr. Robert Goodman, of Brooklyn, New York was sued by his patients for sexually abusing them
Mark James Bradley, of Berkeley, California was arrested for sexual battery of a 17-year old girl
Jim Feldkamp / James Feldkamp, of Roseberg was charged with unlawfully filming sex acts with a woman
Dr. Thomas Gabor Gratzer / Dr. Thomas Gratzer, of Edina, Minnesota, is a psychiatrist for the Minneapolis Police Department who was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a minor child before they entered the fourth grade
Dr. James McInnis, of Ontario, Canada was stripped of his medical license for sexually abusing his patients
Below is evidence of Dr. Piepkorn's connections to the forgoing fraudsters and other unsavory characters:
Dr. Nicholas Mukhtar, Detroit, Michigan doctor charged with transmitting child sex abuse material
Dan Goodman, a New York man who is on Florida's sex offender registry due to sodomy conviction
Joseph Brvenik, a 17 year old Houston, Texas teen who was charged with indecency with a child
Dr. Vincenzo Giordano, a British heart surgeon who was convicted of assaulting a woman
Brian M. Kashman, a Scottsdale, Arizona resident who was charged with insider trading
Andrew J. Eeten, a Monmouth, Illinois high school teacher charged with felony sex charges involving two minor girls
Mitchell Allen Kennedy, a Cape Cod, Massachusetts native who was charged with distributing child pornography in Georgia
Ryan Abramson, a Holy Ghost Preparatory School teacher who was terminated for sexual misconduct involving minors
Dr. Nishi Patel, a Pennsylvania doctor who paid $95,000 to resolve allegations of genetic testing fraud
Dr. Sudesh Banaji, an Alabama doctor who was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting his patients
Evyatar Nitzany, a Mountain View hospital manager accused of sexually assaulting colleague
Howard J. Wilner, a Marlborough auto dealer indicted on charges of extortion by threat of injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and threatening to commit a crime
Steven Sarafian, a West Palm Beach man who was arrested in a West Palm Beach prostitution sting
Dr. Rajesh Bindal, a Sugar Land, Texas doctor who agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations he submitted false claims
Thad Rice, a McCall man who was convicted for assault with a deadly weapon
Adrian Alexander, a New York litigation funder who was sentenced to 3 years in prison for $31 million litigation fraud
Dr. Steven Bauer, a Charlotte, North Carolina doctor who agreed to pay $1.373 million to resolve medical fraud allegations
Dr. Kevin Schoenfelder, a Tacoma, Washington doctor who, along with his hospital, agreed to pay $1 million to resolve medical fraud allegations
Jeff Hawks, a Nebraska mechanical engineer who is on Nebraska's sex offender registry due to two convictions for sexual assault of a child
Edneil Bonet, a Deerfield Beach, Florida man who was charged with voyeurism after he was caught peeping through the bedroom windows of two teenage girls, 13 and 14
Charutha Bandara, a Bloomington, Indiana man who was charged with pointing a firearm at another, intimidation, battery, and dealing marijuana for pressing the barrel of a gun to the back of another man's head
Grady Gaston / Grady Paul Gaston, a Huntsville, Alabama man who was charged with 75 counts of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, rape, bribing a witness, and drug related crimes
Dr. Thomas Taylor, a Houston, Texas doctor who was sued for sexually abusing his patients because he traded prescriptions for sex with his patients
Professor Harvey Shapiro, a Boston, Massachusetts professor at Northeastern who was charged in a prostitution sting in Boston
Professor Lewis Aptekar, a San Jose State University professor who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment
Jeff Christian / Jeffrey E. Christian, the founder of the executive search company Christian & Timbers, was found guilty of reckless homicide and permitting drug abuse of a teenage boy
Jeff Christian / Jeffrey E. Christian, the founder of the executive search company Christian & Timbers, was found guilty of reckless homicide and permitting drug abuse of a teenage boy
Dr. Thi Thien Nguyen Tran, a Florida dermatologist who agreed to pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations of health care fraud
Matthew Bissell, a Berkeley, California high school teacher who sexually abused students and caused the school district to pay $13.5 million to resolve sex abuse claims/li>
Ian Charles Schenkel, of Newport Beach, California was charged with rape, sexual penetration by a foreign object of a victim younger than 16, oral copulation of a person younger than 16, lewd act on a child 14 or 15, rape of a minor, oral copulation of a person younger than 18, sexual penetration by foreign object of a victim younger than 18, and two counts of soliciting prostitution with a minor
Kyle Jon Vandermolen, of St. Louis, Missouri was charged with a felony count of invasion of privacy for installing a secret video camera in his bathroom to film guests and children
Micah Love-Allotey, of Worcester, Massachusetts was charged with solicitation of prostitution as part of a human trafficking operation
Dr. Robert Goodman, of Brooklyn, New York was sued by his patients for sexually abusing them
Mark James Bradley, of Berkeley, California was arrested for sexual battery of a 17-year old girl
Jim Feldkamp / James Feldkamp, of Roseberg was charged with unlawfully filming sex acts with a woman
Dr. Thomas Gabor Gratzer / Dr. Thomas Gratzer, of Edina, Minnesota, is a psychiatrist for the Minneapolis Police Department who was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a minor child before they entered the fourth grade
Dr. James McInnis, of Ontario, Canada was stripped of his medical license for sexually abusing his patients
Dr. Piepkorn Provided Assistance to Others Accused of Child Sex Abuse
Dr. Piepkorn is not only accused of having serious wrongdoing himself, he openly provided assistence to others accused of having committed sex abuse of children.
For example, Coleman Ledbetter was charged in Duval County Texas of sexual assault of a child and indecenecy with a child. Coleman Ledbetter made numerous websites and blog posts in an effort to hide his crimes. Dr. Piepkorn then provided assistence to Coleman Ledbetter to help Coleman hide his sex crimes involving minors by repeatedly sharing Coleman's blog posts of random photographs to manipulate search rankings:
As another example, Dr. Piepkorn also paid the $300,000 bail for Tyler Desmond, his son who was accused of serious sex crimes against his own children. Dr. Piepkorn also provided an additional $175,000 to the law firm representing Tyler Desmond, the brother of Cameron Desmond Piepkorn, as shown by this email exchange:
Dr. Piepkorn Associates Himself With Nazi Sympathizers and Other Antisemites
Dr. Piepkorn also associates himself with nazi sympathizers and others antisemites who have espoused hate towards Jewish people. For example, one of the people Dr. Piepkorn is associated with is Tyler Berl, a Florida nurse who has openly advocated for the killing of Jews, including saying "Too bad Hitler couldn't get it done" and "Nuke Israel":
Dr. Piepkorn is also associated with the Nazis as Dr. Piepkorn is connected with several accounts known as "Naziswife":
Dr. Piepkorn is also associated with a number of accounts that espouse odd, bizzare, and perverse views such as "Naziswife", "PervertMinded", "Pimp_Li", "JustaBaddieGirl", "hornyl1lslut", "hello_kittiesbitch", "needynisha_", "thatgirl_loveu", "ProfessorGodLike", "imProfessorbyebitch", "killixBabby":
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