Former Brisbane GP Charged with 148 Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
Quick Look
- Former Brisbane GP Stellios Theodoros faces 148 charges, including 94 counts of rape and 54 of sexual assault, allegedly against 15 female patients.
- Investigations are ongoing.
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Why It Matters
Former Brisbane GP Stellios Theodoros has been charged with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault. Police allege he assaulted 15 women, aged between their late teens and 40s, during his time as a doctor at a health centre in Tarragindi. The charges follow an extensive police investigation.
A former Brisbane GP has been charged with 94 counts of rape and 54 counts of sexual assault.
Police allege Stellios Theodoros sexually assaulted 15 women, aged in their late teens to 40s, in his role as a doctor at a health centre in Tarragindi.
What's next?
Mr Theodoros is expected to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court next month, and police say investigations are ongoing.
A former Brisbane doctor has been charged with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault following an extensive police investigation that saw 15 patients come forward.
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 June 23.
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
Police investigations will continue.
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What specific actions led to the charges?
- Will more victims come forward?
- What are the potential penalties if convicted?
- What was the outcome of the company director removal?