{"id":56851,"date":"2019-09-26T22:03:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T22:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/26\/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-exploiting-va-patients\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:50:52","slug":"doctor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-exploiting-va-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2019\/09\/26\/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-exploiting-va-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor pleads guilty to sexually exploiting VA patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCEANSIDE, Calif. \u2014 A California doctor has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting five women \u2014 several of them veterans \u2014 while doing work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edgar Manzanera pleaded guilty Wednesday as trial was to begin on more serious charges of sexual assault. 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