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ST. GEORGE — A local chiropractor was sentenced in 5th District Court, where nearly a dozen women addressed the judge during the four-hour hearing that ended shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
The defendant, Brent David Noorda, 42, appeared in 5th District Court for sentencing on two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery, charges the defendant pleaded no contest to on May 25, three days before the case was scheduled for trial.
The case was filed in August 2019 following an investigation into a number of reports of alleged sexual misconduct that was forwarded to the St. George Police Department by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing. The reports were filed under the premise that Noorda's actions possibly were criminal in nature and were then forwarded to law enforcement for further investigation.
According to investigators, the defendant provided breast massages to multiple patients under the guise it would loosen the muscle and was necessary for medical reasons. The defendant also made inappropriate comments during the chiropractic adjustments, as well as comments involving the bust size of other patients and when confronted "he would say it was for medical reasons."
