Doctors won't face discipline hearing after acquittal on sexual assault charges

Two Toronto-area doctors who were acquitted in court ofsexually assaulting a medical student will not face their
professional regulatory body over the case.

Dr. Amitabh Chauhan and Dr. Suganthan Kayilasanathan were due toface a disciplinary hearing Monday before a panel with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

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But the hearing was adjourned as it was about to get underway after a lawyer with the college indicated the alleged victim would not be testifying before the panel.

The woman, referred to as Ms. X, had previously spoken at both the preliminary hearing and the criminal trial for the two doctors, who were accused of drugging and raping the woman in a hotel room after a night of partying.

A judge acquitted the pair, saying there was reasonable doubt as to whether the sexual encounters were non-consensual.

College lawyer Carolyn Silver told the disciplinary hearing that the alleged victim was unwilling to recount the story a third time.