LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area woman tells The Associated Press she was sexually assaulted by a gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles.

The woman was a graduate student and patient of Dr. James Heaps when in 2008 she says he grabbed her breast during an examination. 

She told the AP on Tuesday she was angered but kept seeing Heaps and never reported it to authorities. 

In 2015, she described the incident in a posting on Yelp. UCLA officials apparently saw it when the school began investigating Heaps in 2017 but never contacted the woman. She reported the incident to UCLA on Tuesday.

On Monday, UCLA announced Heaps is charged with sexual battery on two patients and encouraged others to come forward. 

Heaps denies any wrongdoing. 

The AP does not typically identify people who may be victims of a sex crime.