A West Valley doctor has been charged with the forcible sexual abuse of a female patient.

Jon D. Wilmoth, 58, was charged Thursday in 3rd Circuit Court with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.Wilmoth is accused of kissing and inappropriately touching a woman after a medical exam at his office, 4052 W. Pioneer Parkway on Jan. 29.

Wilmoth told the woman he was sorry in recorded conversations.

Prosecutors said Wilmoth admitted to police he had touched the woman, but that it was consensual and "unprofessional and unethical rather than illegal," court documents state.

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Wilmoth was released from jail after posting $10,000 in bail.

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