Universal Health Services: Former Patients Sue Sierra Vista Hospital Alleging Staff Sexually Abused Them as Minors

August 13, 2025

Seven former psychiatric patients filed a lawsuit Friday in Sacramento Superior Court, alleging that eight staffers at Sierra Vista Hospital in Sacramento sexually abused them when they were minors. Now adults, the plaintiffs said in their court filing that management on all levels of the company ignored warning signs and concealed past employee misconduct from them and their parents or guardians.

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SeAra Dix
2025-11-02 09:49:05
I was a patient at sierra vista and remember the comments some of the staff members would make. How they would talk and make me keep quiet about all the sexual words and touching they did toward me. very in appropriately. How the staff members would say it%u2019s okay your safe now. I didn%u2019t feel safe I felt like I was being attacked with inappropriate behavior for a %u201CWorking staff member that treats patients with touching them and making comments as far as your safe now.%u201D 2 guy staff members would watch me when I slept I didn%u2019t feel safe. I slept with one eye open always watching till I started receiving sleeping medication out of no where they said it would help that it was my regular medication now being served at night. I didn%u2019t trust them. When I did drink the water I felt sleepy. My visitation was cut off for 72 hours. I was only there for a week. The 2 male staff members made me feel very uncomfortable and unsafe and disrespected they made me feel dirty and used. I was very scared. I wanted out of there.

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