Bay Area Surgeon Sentenced To Federal Prison For Child Sex Crimes

SAN FRANCISCO -- Oral surgeon Cassidy Migan Lavorini-Doyle was sentenced today in federal court to 16 years in prison for his convictions of attempted sex trafficking of a child, attempted production of child pornography, traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and the receipt of child pornography.

The sentenced was announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair.

The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Charles R. Breyer.

Lavorini-Doyle, 38, a Yale-educated oral surgeon and Oakland resident, entered into a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to the above charges on May 26, 2021. In the plea agreement, he admitted to numerous acts that involved sexual abuse or intended sexual abuse of children.

Lavorini-Doyle admitted in his plea agreement that in 2018 he met an adult prostitute online and asked her to arrange “sex dates” with female children. He eventually met with the prostitute in person in Berkeley to further the plans. Lavorini-Doyle arranged the timing, location, and payment for sex with minor girls when he communicated with the adult prostitute.

He also admitted that he had sex dates with two girls, believing they were minors. Subsequently, one of the two females was identified and determined to have been 18 years old at the time of the sex date, despite her youthful appearance.

Lavorini-Doyle also admitted in his plea agreement that in the evening hours of December 6, 2019, he approached a woman and her two minor daughters, aged 10 and 11, in a Walnut Creek parking lot. When she went outside to a dumpster in the parking lot, Lavorini-Doyle spotted the mother and approached them. He offered the mother $30,000 to buy her two daughters for the night. He admits that he intended to engage in sex acts with the children. As outlined in a sentencing memo filed by the government, the mother yelled “no” and called 911.

Lavorini-Doyle further described in his plea agreement that the next day, December 7, 2019, he traveled from San Francisco to Cambodia. He admitted his purpose for traveling to Asia was to engage in commercial sex with minors. His cell phone reflects that, when in Cambodia, he made plans to engage in commercial sex acts with a minor.

On December 11, 2019, law enforcement searched his home in Oakland and seized several of his electronic devices. He returned to the United States from Cambodia on December 12, 2019. When he landed at San Francisco International Airport, law enforcement officials seized several of his electronic devices, which possessed over 100 videos of child pornography that he had downloaded from the internet.

In addition to the 192 month prison term, U.S. District Judge Breyer sentenced Lavorini-Doyle, who was in custody at the sentencing hearing, to a lifelong term of supervised release upon his release from prison.

Lavorini-Doyle is next scheduled to appear in custody in Contra Costa County Superior Court, where he faces related child sex trafficking state criminal charges being prosecuted by the Contra Costa County Office of the District Attorney.