Former Brisbane Doctor Charged with 148 Rape and Sexual Assault Counts
Quick Look
- A former Brisbane doctor, Stellios (Stan) Theodoros, 74, has been charged with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault.
- Police allege he assaulted 15 women between the early 2000s and 2015 while working at Wellers Hill Medical Centre.
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Why It Matters
Queensland Police have charged a former Brisbane doctor, Stellios (Stan) Theodoros, with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault following an extensive investigation. The charges stem from alleged assaults against 15 women during his time as a family GP.
A former Brisbane doctor has been charged with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault following an extensive police investigation.
Queensland Police charged Stellios (Stan) Theodoros on Tuesday morning with 94 counts of rape and 54 counts of sexual assault.
Upper Mount Gravatt Criminal Investigation Branch established Operation Xray Cariyna in August last year after multiple women made complaints to police.
Police allege that between the early 2000s to 2015, the 74-year-old Highgate Hill man sexually assaulted 15 women, aged in their late teens to 40s, during his role as a doctor at a health centre in Tarragindi.
The family GP worked at Wellers Hill Medical Centre until his retirement in 2021 and was removed as a company director last year.
He is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court on 23 June.
UMG CIB Detective Senior Sergeant Denis Silk asked members of the public with information to "come forward directly to us or anonymously to Crime stoppers."
One former patient who made a police complaint told the ABC the charges were "a long time coming".
"It's such a relief. This is the biggest milestone and it needed to be known that charges have been laid," she said.
Police say Investigations are ongoing.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Stellios Theodoros will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What is the specific nature of the sexual assaults alleged?
- Will there be further charges or investigations?
- What was the outcome of the company director removal?
- What led to the delay in charges being laid?
