A former nurse accused of sexually abusing patients at Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital was ordered to stand trial in Wayne County Circuit Court after a preliminary examination Thursday, Oct. 23.

Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios, 47, is facing multiple charges of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Wayne County.

He was confronted by three accusers on the witness stand in Detroit’s 36th District Court. Two of them were patients at Sinai-Grace when the alleged assaults occurred while the third was at a social event with the defendant, The Detroit News reported.

Online records showed that a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct was dismissed.

The defense argued that the alleged victims who were hospitalized were intoxicated and their testimony was not credi

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