A man accused of posing as a doctor and performing cosmetic surgery on a woman in Los Angeles is now facing criminal charges, the LA County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.
Cristian Adrian Perez Latorre, 53, has been charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery with serious injury and six counts of practicing medicine without a certification. Prosecutors have also filed a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury, which carries a sentencing enhancement.
According to prosecutors, he was impersonating a doctor and had no medical license when he carried out the surgery on July 13, 2021. Ten days later, Latorre allegedly treated the woman for infections stemming from the surgery. Then, nearly two months after that, on Aug. 13, 2021, prosecutors say he treated the woman again for even more complications resulting from the surgery.