Three years ago, Juan Valencia, a mental health worker at a Ventura County psychiatric hospital, pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving women who were patients there. He was sentenced to more than six years in jail.
Now the women are suing Aurora Vista del Mar Hospital in Ventura and its parent company, Michigan-based Signature Healthcare Services, alleging that Valencia was hired despite a history of sex crimes and was not properly supervised him while he worked at the facility.
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-sexual-abuse-psych-hospital-ventura-lawsuit-20190621-story.html