People v. Woods CA3

FACTS

Petitioner practiced as a medical doctor specializing in urology. His medical practice in St. Helena was not financially successful, and he was unhappy in his marriage. He had many extramarital affairs. When the eldest of his three daughters was five years old, he moved his family to Rocklin. Over time, he encouraged her to squeeze his erect penis and he touched her clitoris with his finger. He has consistently maintained that his wife suggested he take a shower with his daughter when she was nine years old. Stimulated, he touched her sexually and orally copulated her. Two years later, he asserts his wife again suggested he shower with the same daughter. He became sexually aroused and rubbed his penis between her thighs. When she was almost 14, “he had felt rejected and abandoned by his whole family because they were always busy and were not spending time with him.” He touched his daughter’s breasts and clitoris, and again orally copulated her. That was the last time he touched her inappropriately. When she was 16, defendant’s daughter reported the molestations and oral copulation to a school counselor. At the time he believed that she reported the incidents because he had…