Overview

• In Queens Supreme Court on June 30, Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse while entering an Alford plea on an eighth charge, with sentencing set for August 28.
• His admitted victims include three sedated patients treated at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital and four women—some met through dating apps—who were found unconscious in his Astoria apartment.
• Investigators recovered digital recordings from Cheng’s home and devices that captured him groping and raping unconscious women in both his apartment and hospital settings.
• Authorities seized a range of substances from his apartment—from fentanyl, ketamine and cocaine to LSD, MDMA, propofol and sevoflurane—that prosecutors say he used to incapacitate victims.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital suspended Cheng’s medical license, apologized for the breach of trust and cooperated fully with the Queens District Attorney’s Special Victims Bureau.