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Former CDC Director Arrested And Charged With Sexual Misconduct

The New York Police Department told NPR that Frieden allegedly "grabbed a victim's buttocks without her permission" last October.

Dr. Thomas Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested and charged on Friday after he was accused of groping a woman, law enforcement officials said.

Detective Sophia Mason of the New York Police Department told NPR that the public health expert allegedly

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