LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.,None — A psychiatrist accused of fondling more than a dozen female patients won't spend a single day in jail.
According to his plea agreement, he could avoid having any criminal record at all.
Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh spoke to one victim who believes he was let off too easy.
The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office reached the plea agreement with the former psychiatrist earlier this year.
But, now one of the victims is speaking out because she doesn't what happened to her to be forgotten.
Maria Huerta said she was suffering with depression in 2007, so she sought help.
She said she was referred to a Lawrenceville facility that helps people without insurance.
"I was really, you know, wanted to feel better," Huerta said.
She said she scheduled a visit with a psychiatrist Mohammed Qureshi, 48.
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He has since lost his medical license but to Huerta that brings little ease. She recalled the first and only time she visited his office.
"And then he said, lift up your bra and I did what he said," Huerta said. "Then when he started grabbing my breasts that's ... and I got scared and didn't know what else he was going to do."
Huerta was one of 16 victims who came forward with similar allegations against Qureshi.
Channel 2 Action News was in court in October 2007 when Qureshi was first arrested.
Four years later, the Gwinnett County District Attorney reached a plea deal giving Qureshi probation and no jail time.
"I feel like I'm the one who went to jail because I have to remember that for the rest of my life," Huerta said.
Kavanaugh reached out to the prosecutor handling the case Monday. He told me over the phone the office was willing to take the case to trial.
Ultimately the majority of victims preferred a deal to keep their medical history private. Huerta too signed off on the deal, something she now regrets.
"It's like saying it's OK."
As a condition of the deal Qureshi had to surrender his Georgia medical license. If he gets through his eight years of probation he will not have a criminal record.
Huerta said she understands her case is now closed, but she hopes sharing her story will help other victims find strength.