Michigan doctor who worked with youth hockey teams gets 10 years in prison for sex assault

PONTIAC, Mich. — A doc known arsenic the “hockey doc” for his enactment with younker teams successful the Detroit country was sentenced to astatine slightest 10 years successful situation Tuesday for intersexual battle and different crimes involving adults and teenagers.

Victims accidental Zvi Levran groped them erstwhile they sought sports physicals oregon attraction for injuries and showered with them aft workouts. One antheral said Levran performed oral enactment during an assignment for a hep injury.

Defendant Zvi Levran, 68, listens during his tribunal proceeding astatine Oakland County Circuit Court successful Pontiac, Mich., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. AP

The allegations drew comparisons to different Michigan sports doctor, Larry Nassar, who is successful situation for assaulting teens and young women, including Olympic gymnasts, and for possessing images of intersexual exploitation of children.

“As I basal present successful beforehand of you, and I spot the idiosyncratic victims who were affected either straight oregon indirectly from my actions, it is precise hard to effort and accidental thing for myself, and I’m not going to,” Levran, 68, said successful court.

He precocious pleaded nary contention to 28 crimes successful Oakland County, including third-degree transgression intersexual conduct. A no-contest plea successful Michigan is treated arsenic a condemnation astatine sentencing. Levran volition beryllium eligible for parole aft 10 years successful custody.

Zvi Levran, a doc who was sentenced to astatine slightest 10 years successful situation for intersexual battle and different crimes involving adults and teenagers, is escorted retired of the courtroom aft his sentencing Tuesday, April 29, 2025, successful Pontiac, Mich. AP

“The courageousness of the victims who came guardant against Levran helped forestall this predator from abusing aboriginal victims,” authoritative Karen McDonald said.

A 29-year-old unfortunate told Judge Yasmine Poles that her intelligence wellness has suffered.

“It haunts me, but I conscionable cognize present helium has nary powerfulness implicit me,” the pistillate said.