Polk County judge denies bond reduction for doctor charged with sexual abuse
A Polk County judge Wednesday denied a doctor's request for his bond to be lowered.
Lynn Lindaman, of Ankeny, is accused of sexually abusing a child in June.
KCCI has been investigating allegations against Lynn Lindaman for more than a year now.
Lindaman's bond was set at $1 million after his arrest. Lindaman wanted his bond lowered to $50,000, but the judge said no.
His defense team argued he's not a flight risk and would not be returning to his home, instead likely living in an extended stay hotel.
The prosecution told the judge lowering Lindaman's bond could put others at risk if he were to post the bail money.
County attorneys referred to Lindaman's prior conviction in 1976 for lascivious acts with a child.
That victim, Sherri Moler, was 13 years old in 1975 when she attended a gymnastics camp at the University of Iowa.
Moler went to Lynn Lindaman to get checked out for back pain and says Lindaman sexually assaulted her. He was charged with lascivious acts with a person under 14 and convicted.
Wednesday, for the first time in 48 years, Moler faced Lindaman in a courtroom once again.
"And I kept thinking, I'm OK, I'll be fine, but when he sat down and I was in the same room as him, that was bad, that was not good," Moler said, recalling the moment she saw Lindaman walk into the courtroom.
She had thought his days of practicing medicine were over after he was convicted for what he did to her.
But ever since Moler found out Lindaman was allowed to continue practicing, due to a deferred judgment, she's been on a mission to get his license permanently pulled.
Lindaman agreed to temporarily stop practicing back in July after being charged by Ankeny Police with two counts of sexual abuse against a minor.
Prosecutors used Moler's story on Wednesday to support their argument for keeping bond at $1 million.
The judge agreed and denied Lindaman's request.
"He does have a criminal history that is very significant in the sense that was also an underage girl who was the victim," District Court Judge Jeffrey Farrell said.
"I've been waiting decades for this to happen. I was scared that he would get out. And I guess I'm pleased the judge saw through his behavior," Moler said.