A dentist in California accused of engaging in inappropriate contact with patients over the course of 10 years has been sentenced to 300 days in jail, according to a story published on April 22 by KSBW Action News 8.
In June, Dr. Weidong Wang, the owner of A New Image Dentist in Seaside, CA, pleaded no contest to three counts of sexual battery.
In November 2024, police charged Wang with sexual battery. After his arrest, other alleged victims contacted police. Police stated that Wang has had allegations levied against him dating back to 2017.
A civil lawsuit filed against Wang is ongoing.
Dr. Weidong Wang.City of Seaside Police Department.
A 40-year-old male patient and a 24-year-old female patient filed a lawsuit, claiming that Wang touched them inappropriately during dental treatment. In the lawsuit filed in November 2024, Wang’s alleged victims accused him of engaging in sexual battery, gender violence, and negligence.
In the suit, the male patient claims that Wang sexually abused, battered, and harassed him during two visits at his dental practice in 2024. The man claims that Wang grabbed his penis and testicles over his clothes and fondled him.
During these dental visits, the man alleged that Wang injected him in the mouth with a substance that he believed to be a numbing agent, which left him heavily sedated instead of numb. Despite his heavily sedated state, the man claims he was able to videotape Wang fondling him. He gave the video to the police the next morning.
In September 2021, the woman claimed that Wang sexually abused her during dental treatment. Wang allegedly fondled her breasts over her clothes while she was sitting in the dentist's chair.
She claims she held up her hand to get him to stop, but Wang pushed her hand down and allegedly said, "It's OK." He reportedly stopped touching her, so she allowed him to complete her dental care, according to the lawsuit.
