Haydarian, a dentist at the Mount Pleasant Dental Center, was charged on June 26, 2020, with five counts of assault. a charge of death threat. four counts of sexual assault. and four categories of sexual assault (a category that applies in cases where the victim is under 16 years old). He was then charged with an additional charge of sexual assault on July 21, 2020. All charges have been dropped. “The allegations caused significant damage to my client emotionally and to his reputation,” Haidarian’s lawyer, Joseph Neuberger, told CBC News. “Dr. Haidarian can go ahead and be able to regain some normalcy in his life and restore his reputation.” The criminal case against Haydarian collapsed on June 9, 2022, when Crown’s assistant lawyer told an Ontario court that he “had serious concerns about the credibility of… the main complainant.” Tara Brown asked the court to drop the charges, saying “these credibility issues could not be overcome and were of such importance that, in fact, they contaminate the evidence throughout the proceedings.” The Crown made this decision after a five-day preliminary hearing in January 2022, which included testimonies from three witnesses. Haydarian had been allowed to continue his career by the dental regulator, but with restrictions that required his supervision at all times and the non-treatment of children until the college disciplinary committee considered the charges against him, which are set out in its website as “shameful, dishonorable, unprofessional or immoral behavior” and “patient sexual abuse”. Earlier this month, Crown Prosecutors dropped all charges against Haidarian, saying they had serious concerns about the main complainant’s credibility. (Amir Haydarian / Facebook)
The dentist is still facing disciplinary hearing
The end of the criminal proceedings does not terminate the investigation of the regulatory authority and the restrictions in its practice remain in force until the disciplinary issue is resolved or rejected. As part of the restrictions, it can only interact with adults in the presence of an independent monitor trained in the prevention of patient sexual abuse. College asked Haydarian to pay for this screen. In 2020, the college also ordered him to take an anger management class after the initial charges against him. In a statement, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario said that “conditions in his office are strict and protect the public.” The next hearings are expected in July and September.
