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Queens Doctor Pleads Guilty to Drugging, Raping and Filming Unconscious Women

Cheng faces up to 24 years in prison at his August sentencing following his guilty pleas plus an Alford plea on a separate abuse count.

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Overview

  • Zhi Alan Cheng pleaded guilty to seven counts of rape and sexual abuse today and entered an Alford plea on an eighth count.
  • Sentencing has been scheduled for August 28 by Queens Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit Durant.
  • He has been held without bail since his December 2022 arrest and his New York medical license has been suspended.
  • Prosecutors relied on digital recordings that showed Cheng assaulting sedated victims in his Astoria apartment and at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital between 2020 and 2022.
  • Authorities seized sedation drugs including propofol and sevoflurane alongside illicit substances such as fentanyl, ketamine, LSD and MDMA during a home search.