UPDATE: Charges dismissed against Valparaiso physician

UPDATE: According to court records, the judge ordered the dismissal of all of Jose Agusti's charges on January 28, 2020. A no contact order was vacated.

ORIGINAL STORY:

VALPARAISO, Ind. — A Valparaiso physician is facing sexual battery charges.

A female patient said the doctor, Jose Agusti, assaulted her on two occasions at his office.

The AP reports that 45-year-old Agusti of Chicago was taken into custody and charged with two counts of sexual battery.

After the alleged victim went to police the first time, police sent her back with a hidden camera and microphone.

Police captured the doctor's inappropriate behavior on camera.

Agusti remains in jail in Porter County.

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