Pediatrician Charged With Producing Child Pornography

Dr. Rakesh Punn

A Long Island pediatrician and civil surgeon has been arrested and charged with producing after child pornography after admitting to videotaping female patients—some as young as 11. After a raid on his office, police uncovered at least five videotapes of Dr. Rakesh Punn fondling patients, some of whom were blindfolded and naked. Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice said in a statement, "He victimized these trusting, young girls in the worse way imaginable." Investigators also believe Punn may have drugged some of his patients.

As a civil surgeon, Punn is authorized to give medical exams to immigrants applying for citizenship, and prosecutors believe he preyed on their innocence. In a police confession, he allegedly admitted to fondling nine patients for his personal pleasure. According to DA Rice, Punn would get footage in one of two ways. "First, he would have them get naked, lie on the examining table, and then covering their eyes with gauze and a blindfold, he would videotape his sexual contact with them. Investigators say that Punn touched and manipulated the girl’s genitals. In other instances, he would have the girl stand in his office, while a small digital camera hidden among objects on his desk recorded video. Punn would then have the girl expose her breasts in various positions while being taped."

Punn's attorney says that Punn did nothing wrong. He told WCBS, "Before I acknowledge that there are tapes, I want to see them and I want to understand how they were made—under what circumstances they were made, how they were secured, how they were seized." Punn is charged with Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child, Possession of a Sexual Performance by a Child, Possession of a Forged Instrument, and Unlawful Surveillance, and faces up to seven years in prison for each confirmed victim.

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By Jaya Saxena in News on July 17, 2010 10:20 AM

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sharpshoota

He is guilty of being a pedophile and sexual abuser but I think the parents are guilty of neglect as well. Who leaves their kids alone with a doctor at a doctors appointment. This is why people should be honest with themselves. If you know people always tell you that you have no common sense....please do the world a favor and don't procreate.

NannyState

Life in prison for this disgusting creep, please.

robingee

My mom was always in the pediatrician's office with me. Parents don't do that anymore? What about a nurse?

Kelles

I wondered abt that too. But the CBS news story said most of Dr.P_0n's prey were immigrants unfamiliar w/American medical practices.

Seems weird but apparently in India, they have weird practices Americans would find strange too - One Bride Two Brothers-Polyandry in India (I thought that was really freaky!)

robingee

Immigrants, first lesson about being an American: Don't Trust Anyone!

John L

Disgusting! Nasty motherf*cker!

He had to be a pediatrician right? Can you imagine this sick fuck studying all those years just so he could become a pediatrician? He could've been any other kind of doctor but no he wanted to be a pediatrician, for that reason alone he should get the max.

Kelles

What the #^@%!!??? Holy crap...and then if you watch the video news story and you think "whoa!! and how does this guy pronounce his name??? ... talk about preying on victims unfamiliar with American society!"

For God's sake! Keep your little girls away from anybody calling themselves "Dr. P...!!!"

Guest

i know! i was working on my Punn, then i read the whole article and i just couldn't bring myself to write anything funny.

JESUS CHRIST THIS FUCKING SHITHEAD!!!

inoyourider

Fuck this piece of shit.

There's no jail sentence too long.

pudeljung

Fun time he'll have in prison, being both a pedophile AND an arab.

andoverboy

You seem to miss the point. Arab, Indian, or Indonesian - all the same to the inmates of Rikers Island. They'll tear him two new ones for just being dark.

angry_pickle

I think he is closer to Indian than arab.

sharpshoota

He is either Indian or Pakistani but really it doesn't matter. Pediphiles and other sexual deviants come in all parts of the world. He needs to be locked up so he can see what hard time is.

Guest

HOLY MOTHER-FUCKING SHIT! WTF?????

Reflect

Lawyers are clowns so are judges...

So is the judicial system, clown court jury duty no thanks...

Cannibal

Worst kind of criminal possible. Now you have girls afraid to go to doctors. Burn this disgusting diddler!!!

trololchan

I wish I could hold you to this statement so that the next time a child rapist goes around abducting and raping children to death, you will have to say, that he is not as bad as the doctor who recorded the girls and let them be unharmed.

I agree in that the doctor's actions are unacceptable, but according to you rapists and murderers are better to have.

r1b2

Punn's attorney says that Punn did nothing wrong.

Look, I know you have to say that, but c'mon, you're not a moron, are you? Instead, beg forgiveness and pray for leniency. They'll love this guy in prison.

trololchan

Also, the lawyer is not claiming the doctor did nothing wrong. The way defenders in this case function is not to argue against the crime, but rather find legal loopholes to reduce the sentence if not eliminate the case by exposing a breach of rights. You shouldn't make crude assumptions until you read the full quote from the lawyer. Jaya Saxena appears to not use unbiased reporting.