Timeline: Dr. Ryan Williams and the alleged rape cases against him

Ryan Williams, a former Cleveland Clinic colorectal surgeon, 44, is on paid administrative leave from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center due to earlier allegations of patient rape. He earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital. He started working at the Cleveland Clinic in 2006.

April 4, 2008

A woman accuses Williams of anal rape during a rectal exam.

The woman is taken to another hospital for a sexual assault examination.

Williams denies the accusation, but tells police he ejaculated months earlier in a restroom and in an exam room, possibly the same exam room in which the alleged assault took place. He tells police he was “relieving stress.”

Feb. 6, 2009

Kristen Fehr, 26, sees Williams for hemorrhoid removal. She tells police he gives her two white pills with water. She becomes drowsy. He has her kneel over the examination table and she loses consciousness, she says.

Fehr says she has “scattered memories” of what happened, which she only revealed in 2014. She gave USA TODAY permission to name her as an alleged rape victim.

May 25, 2012 

Confidential settlement reached in the 2008 case.

October 2014

Fehr says she recalls assault, contacts Cleveland Clinic ombudsman.

April 29, 2015

Westlake police interview Fehr about what happened in 2009. She gives details and says the memories are accompanied by:

“…a feeling of terror that was so intense I had to suppress it as best as I could.”

May 29, 2015

Westlake police interview Williams regarding Fehr accusation. He denies the charge.

August 2016

Cuyahoga County prosecutors decline to send Fehr’s charges and those from 2008 together to the grand jury, according to a police report. A prosecutor says a judge would require them to be separated at trial and:

“… neither case would be a solid case on its own and, therefore, there would be no presentation of Fehr’s case to the Grand Jury.”

September 2016

David Antoon, a former Cleveland Clinic patient turned volunteer activist with Consumer Reports’ Safe Patient Project, sends police reports from Fehr and 2008 to the Ohio medical board with a complaint on Fehr’s behalf.

Nov. 1, 2016

The medical board emails Antoon saying it closed his complaint as it:

“did not find enough medical or legal evidence to justify further action.” 

The board also tells Antoon:

“…a single reported complaint may not warrant action, but if additional similar complaints are received, the board may take steps to correct the licensee’s behavior.”

June 2017

Cleveland Clinic declines to renew Williams’ one-year contract. Spokeswoman Eileen Sheil says departure is “unrelated to the accusations. We don’t typically comment on personnel matters.”

Aug. 1, 2017

Williams hired by Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.

Dec. 13, 2017

Williams placed on paid administrative leave by OSU following USA TODAY questions.

Jan. 5, 2018

USA TODAY story runs. Medical board soon begins investigation of earlier rapes and seeks any new complaints.

Jan. 23, 2018 

Ohio medical board interviews a third woman who fears she, too, was assaulted during a procedure in March 2016.

Jan. 26, 2018

Medical malpractice attorney Brian Eisen says he’s heard from “a number of women” who are concerned they might have been assaulted by Williams while under anesthesia. 

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