LOS ANGELES, July 22: The doctor son of Bermuda’s premier Ewart Brown was arrested in Los Angeles on Monday over sex abuse allegations, including rape, involving six patients, prosecutors said.

Kevin Brown, 37, who had already been charged with sexual battery of a female patient and an undercover police officer, now faces charges relating to six more women, the District Attorney’s office said.

Brown, a doctor at Crenshaw Expo Medical Centre in Los Angeles, was detained in lieu of four million dollars bail following his arrest at his home. He is due to be arraigned in court on Wednesday.

Prosecutor Ann Marie Wise said the new charges arose from alleged victims who had contacted authorities after Brown was initially arrested on July 8 after being accused on sexually battering an 18-year-old woman in June 2007 and an undercover police officer last month.

The fresh felony charges against Brown include a count of a lewd act with a 15-year-old child, rape, sexual battery by fraud and sexual exploitation between November 2006 and May this year.—AFP