Bruce Hensel, MD, who once served as NBC's chief on-air medical correspondent in Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to soliciting nude pictures from a 9-year-old.
He was ordered to register as a sex offender and sentenced to 2 years of probation. In court, the physician apologized to the 9-year-old victim's family and hugged her father, calling it an "isolated thing."
The following is an excerpt from The Los Angeles Times.
Hensel was first arrested by Los Angeles police in 2019 on accusations that he contacted the 9-year-old daughter of an acquaintance and asked her for nude photos.
There was little doubt about Hensel’s guilt.
A transcript of the text messages was included in a filing submitted to the state Medical Board last year, and showed Hensel repeatedly asking the girl for photos that were “sexy and private.” But prosecutors and Hensel’s defense attorney, Leonard Levine, had been haggling over the terms of a plea deal for months.
Hensel — who had long served as NBC’s chief on-air medical correspondent in New York and Los Angeles — repeatedly texted the child from March to August 2019, according to records submitted to the medical board.
Hensel knew the victim through her mother, and the two had been discussing financing a movie in which the girl, then 9, would star.
“I have always been good special friends and you feel safe with me so I will protect you and get you something,” Hensel wrote in 2019, records show. “They could maybe make you a star if you are willing to take some risks.”
Last year, an NBC spokeswoman referred to Hensel as a “former employee.” She declined to say if Hensel was fired or resigned, or when the doctor’s employment at NBC ended.
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Why is he not in jail? Why has he not lost his license? He "hugged her father"? Are you kidding me?
At least he did lose his license:
https://search.dca.ca.gov/details/8002/G/42090/1acc072864525688af80d1ecf4290831
He should be in jail.
Yep. That is the prestige offered to those in Hollywierd. Seen it over and over.
Holloywood is Pedowood.
But if he offered vaccine exemptions he would have no license. If he told the truth about vaccine risks, he would be fired and lose license.
"Hensel knew the victim through her mother..." may be the most disturbing part of the story.
Her mother sets her up with the guy and her father is hugging it out with him? And the judge can’t figure out what to do about it? WOW