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Former nurse charged with raping a patient
12/22/2007
A former St. Francis Hospital nurse was charged Friday with the rape of a
patient there.
Tulsa County prosecutors charged Olayinka Osifeso, 44, with the first-degree
rape of a 41-year-old woman Aug. 11 "while she was intoxicated by narcotics
and in a hospital bed," records show.
Osifeso, a Broken Arrow resident, was arrested Friday in Broken Arrow and
placed in the Tulsa Jail with bond set at $500,000, said Sgt. Gary Stansill,
supervisor of the Tulsa Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit.
An affidavit signed by Stansill asserts that the woman awakened at the
hospital, at 61st Street and Yale Avenue, to find the defendant "on top of
her with his penis inside her vagina and with him fondling her breasts."
When interviewed by a detective, Osifeso "adamantly denied any sexual
contact" with the woman and "later denied the possibility of his semen being
anywhere" on or near her or anywhere in the hospital, the affidavit states.
Seminal fluid was recovered from a bedpad on the woman's bed. Lab analysis
revealed that "the defendant's DNA matched the DNA of the semen donor on the
bedpad," Stansill's affidavit alleges.
In November, the Tulsa World reported that a St. Francis nurse was fired in
August after two patients reported being raped at the hospital.
The nurse -- who was not named in that news account -- was accused years ago
of sexual assault, but no charges were filed and the hospital continued to
employ him, the World reported then.
According to the news report, police were investigating the reported rape of
a woman on Aug. 11. The second report was filed Aug. 13, but that woman said
the rape occurred between July 25 and July 28, records show.
Donna Swaffar, a St. Francis spokeswoman, said Friday that Osifeso is no
longer employed at the hospital.
"We do cooperate thoroughly with any investigative agencies. That is in the
best interest of the patients, which is our top priority," Swaffar said.
Stansill said St. Francis was "completely cooperative" with this
investigation.
In November, a civil lawsuit was filed on behalf of a patient -- identified
by one of her lawyers as a 43-year-old mentally retarded woman -- who
alleged that she was raped by a nurse at St. Francis while she was
recovering from a medically induced coma.
That suit lists fictitious names for the woman and her mother -- her
appointed guardian -- and alleges that the hospital was negligent in hiring
the nurse.
Defendants in that civil case include the nurse, identified in the suit as
"John Doe," who is accused of assaulting the patient between July 25 and
July 28.
Stansill said police have investigated an allegation of a sexual assault at
St. Francis in July. He said as a matter of policy, he could not release any
name or information about a suspect because no charge has been filed in that
investigation.
Former nurse charged with raping a patient
12/22/2007
A former St. Francis Hospital nurse was charged Friday with the rape of a
patient there.
Tulsa County prosecutors charged Olayinka Osifeso, 44, with the first-degree
rape of a 41-year-old woman Aug. 11 "while she was intoxicated by narcotics
and in a hospital bed," records show.
Osifeso, a Broken Arrow resident, was arrested Friday in Broken Arrow and
placed in the Tulsa Jail with bond set at $500,000, said Sgt. Gary Stansill,
supervisor of the Tulsa Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit.
An affidavit signed by Stansill asserts that the woman awakened at the
hospital, at 61st Street and Yale Avenue, to find the defendant "on top of
her with his penis inside her vagina and with him fondling her breasts."
When interviewed by a detective, Osifeso "adamantly denied any sexual
contact" with the woman and "later denied the possibility of his semen being
anywhere" on or near her or anywhere in the hospital, the affidavit states.
Seminal fluid was recovered from a bedpad on the woman's bed. Lab analysis
revealed that "the defendant's DNA matched the DNA of the semen donor on the
bedpad," Stansill's affidavit alleges.
In November, the Tulsa World reported that a St. Francis nurse was fired in
August after two patients reported being raped at the hospital.
The nurse -- who was not named in that news account -- was accused years ago
of sexual assault, but no charges were filed and the hospital continued to
employ him, the World reported then.
According to the news report, police were investigating the reported rape of
a woman on Aug. 11. The second report was filed Aug. 13, but that woman said
the rape occurred between July 25 and July 28, records show.
Donna Swaffar, a St. Francis spokeswoman, said Friday that Osifeso is no
longer employed at the hospital.
"We do cooperate thoroughly with any investigative agencies. That is in the
best interest of the patients, which is our top priority," Swaffar said.
Stansill said St. Francis was "completely cooperative" with this
investigation.
In November, a civil lawsuit was filed on behalf of a patient -- identified
by one of her lawyers as a 43-year-old mentally retarded woman -- who
alleged that she was raped by a nurse at St. Francis while she was
recovering from a medically induced coma.
That suit lists fictitious names for the woman and her mother -- her
appointed guardian -- and alleges that the hospital was negligent in hiring
the nurse.
Defendants in that civil case include the nurse, identified in the suit as
"John Doe," who is accused of assaulting the patient between July 25 and
July 28.
Stansill said police have investigated an allegation of a sexual assault at
St. Francis in July. He said as a matter of policy, he could not release any
name or information about a suspect because no charge has been filed in that
investigation.
