A former nurse is accused of drugging and abusing thousands of patients at a Colorado hospital

by EFE

A former Colorado nurse used his job to drug and sexually assault thousands of people over the past decade, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against him and the hospital where he worked.

Two women, identified as MC and JV, filed the indictment as "Victim 1" and "Victim 2" against Christopher Peter Lambros, 61, a former employee in the intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, the main city of in western Colorado.

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The lawsuit includes graphic descriptions of sexual assaults Lambros allegedly committed since 2012 against women admitted to intensive care at the hospital.

The two plaintiffs assured that Lambros took photographs and videos of his victims, which was verified by the Mesa County authorities who, after his arrest, found some 700,000 images and 65,000 hours of video on his phone and other electronic devices, which they equaled four terabytes of storage, explicitly showing his criminal conduct.

Christopher Peter Lambros.Grand Junction Police Department, Colorado.

Daniel P. Rubinstein, the district attorney in Mesa County, said in a statement that

and that his crimes were detected last July.

Rubinstein explained that so far the existence of four victims has been verified, two of them the plaintiffs.

The third has already been identified, but the identity of the fourth woman is still unknown.

“The case is scheduled to return to court in January, as we are still investigating.

,” the statement said.

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On July 9, an employee of St. Mary's Hospital saw Lambros in an inappropriate situation with MC, who was hospitalized for possible lung cancer.

The worker reported it to the authorities and notified the victim's husband about what had happened.

An investigation was then launched which led to the arrest of Lambros and the identification of other victims within the hospital, prompting MC and JV to file their class action lawsuit on behalf of them and other as yet unidentified victims.

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Bryan Johnson, president of the hospital, said in a statement that the reported behavior "goes against everything we believe and value at St. Mary's Hospital," adding that "patients trust us and should feel safe in our care." ”.

“We are working closely with law enforcement to protect our patients from those who intend to cause harm,” Johnson alleged, without offering details about that collaboration or how many people Lambros may have assaulted since he was hired in 2012.

The former nurse remains in custody at a Mesa County jail on $1 million bail.

The Secret Service joined the investigations in conjunction with the local police department and the Colorado 21st Judicial District attorney's office.