Dr. Stephen Matthews, a Denver heart specialist charged with drugging and sexually assaulting ladies he met by way of varied relationship websites, has agreed to cease practising medication on an interim foundation.

The restriction settlement with the Colorado Medical Board went into impact Monday.

Matthews’ prison protection lawyer has beforehand indicated the physician is harmless and has accomplished nothing mistaken.

Denver prosecutors have charged Matthews in reference to 10 ladies he dated between 2019 and 2023. Many say they blacked out after consuming with Matthews at his dwelling and several other say after they blacked out, they consider Matthews sexually assaulted them.

The settlement with the Colorado medical board says a panel met on Could 19 and reviewed “court docket data and information studies that (Matthews) is dealing with prison prices.”

Within the doc obtained by CBS Information Colorado, Mathews denies any violation of the state’s Medical Follow Act, however says Matthews is getting into into the settlement voluntarily “to facilitate additional analysis of the problems.”

The six-page settlement says Matthews won’t apply medication in the meanwhile, though the settlement is non-disciplinary and doesn’t imply Matthews engaged in unprofessional conduct.

Matthews “agrees that he won’t carry out any act requiring a license […] whereas this Interim Settlement is in impact.”

The settlement will stay in impact till there’s a remaining disposition in Matthews’ case or different disciplinary motion is taken.

Matthews is being held with out bond on the Denver jail.