October 16th, 2026 - Anna Tonna

In other news, a former Merrick pediatrician whom a NASA court ordered to pay $1.6 billion to 104 women he allegedly sexually abused as children has not paid a dollar of the judgments against him.

Three years after the court's first financial award, lawyers for the women said...

David Olson reporting for Newsday.

The women and their attorneys said they knew Stuart Copperman, 91, could never pay the full amount, which experts said is one of the largest sexual abuse judgments in U.S. history.

But they are frustrated he's avoided paying anything.

Three years.

Quote, he was a predator and got away with it for so many years.

And to a certain extent, I feel he's still getting away with it because he never had to go to jail and he's never had to pay up.

That quote from Gianna Salgado, 58, who won a $32 million judgment.

The 104 suits against Kopperman were filed under the 2019 judgment.

Child Victims Act, which allowed people sexually abused as children to receive financial damages from their alleged abusers years later.

The suits allege Kopperman began abusing patients in the 60s and continued doing so until the state revoked his medical license in 2000.

Kristen Gibbons at Faden, a Philadelphia attorney who represents the women, said a collections attorney has been trying to recover money for the survivors.

She said it does not surprise me that he's not paying anything, adding, quote, he seems to me to be taking on the normal persona of a predator, just not taking accountability, just not responding to the allegations, end quote.

Michael Della, a Ronkonkoma lawyer who works with Gibbons Fedin on behalf of the plaintiffs, said if Kopperman continues to refuse to pay, a judge could freeze or seize assets such as bank and investment accounts in any home that's not a primary residence and could potentially jail him if he's found in contempt of court.

In other news, a former Merrick pediatrician whom a NASA court ordered to pay $1.6 billion to 104 women he allegedly sexually abused as children has not paid a dollar of the judgments against him.

Three years after the court's first financial award, lawyers for the women said...

David Olson reporting for Newsday.

The women and their attorneys said they knew Stuart Copperman, 91, could never pay the full amount, which experts said is one of the largest sexual abuse judgments in U.S. history.

But they are frustrated he's avoided paying anything.

Three years.

Quote, he was a predator and got away with it for so many years.

And to a certain extent, I feel he's still getting away with it because he never had to go to jail and he's never had to pay up.

That quote from Gianna Salgado, 58, who won a $32 million judgment.

The 104 suits against Kopperman were filed under the 2019 judgment.

Child Victims Act, which allowed people sexually abused as children to receive financial damages from their alleged abusers years later.

The suits allege Kopperman began abusing patients in the 60s and continued doing so until the state revoked his medical license in 2000.

Kristen Gibbons at Faden, a Philadelphia attorney who represents the women, said a collections attorney has been trying to recover money for the survivors.

She said it does not surprise me that he's not paying anything, adding, quote, he seems to me to be taking on the normal persona of a predator, just not taking accountability, just not responding to the allegations, end quote.

Michael Della, a Ronkonkoma lawyer who works with Gibbons Fedin on behalf of the plaintiffs, said if Kopperman continues to refuse to pay, a judge could freeze or seize assets such as bank and investment accounts in any home that's not a primary residence and could potentially jail him if he's found in contempt of court.