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>> PAM: TONIGHT. AN
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE TEAM DOCTOR OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO 49ERS.
STOCK
>> PAM:
LAST OCTOBER KRON4 BROKE THE
STORY ABOUT HOW DOCTOR
DANIEL GARZA
>> PAM: WAS THE TARGET OF A
CRIMINAL PROBE, FOR ALLEGED
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH
ADULT INTERNS.
>> PAM: IN ADDITION TO
TREATING SUPERSTAR ATHLETES,
GARZA WAS ALSO A PROMINENT
RESEARCER AND ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR AT STANFORD
UNIVERSITY.
>> PAM: THE ELITE SPORTS
MEDICINE AFTER THE SAN MATEO
COUNTY SHERIFF
INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED HIS
HOME FOR EVIDENCE.
NOW KRON4 HAS UNCOVERED
PAST ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
THE DOCTOR.
>> PAM: KRON4'S MAUREEN
KELLY SPOKE TO THREE MEN WHO
SAY THEY WERE VICTIMINZED BY
GARZA WHEN THEY WERE
TEENAGERS.
IT'S A STORY YOU'LL SEE
ONLY ON FOUR.
>>16:14 I WOKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS QUOTE UNQUOTE
EXPERIMENTS AND HE WAS JUST
AND KIND OF PLAYING WITH
HIMSELF
>> PAM: THAT'S THE VOICE OF
A MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS
DRUGGED AND MOLESTED BY
DOCTOR DANIEL GARZA NEARLY
20 YEARS AGO,
>> REPORTER:AND HE'S NOT THE
ONLY ONE WHO'S ACCUSING THE
DOCTOR OF *** ABUSE.
>>15: FOR HIM TO DO WHAT HE
DID, JUST DOESN'T EVEN SEEM
HUMAN.
>> REPORTER:IN ALL I SPOKE
TO THREE VICTIMS, NONE OF
WHOM WANTED TO APPEAR ON
CAMERA. IN ORDER TO PROTECT
THEIR PRIVACY.I'VE CHANGED
THEIR NAMES TO PETER, JOHN
AND CARLOS.
>> REPORTER:THEY SAY IT
STARTED WHEN GARZA WAS THEIR
YOUNG, INFLUENTIAL TEACHER
AT CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN
EL PASO TEXAS.
>> REPORTER:IT'S A CATHOLIC
ALL BOYS' SCHOOLSERVING
MOSTLY LATINO STUDENTS
COMING FROM WORKING CLASS
FAMILIES NEAR THE WEST TEXAS
BORDER TOWN. GARZAA RECENT
STANFORD COLLEGE GRADWAS
TEACHING FRESHMAN SCIENCE.
>> REPORTER:TO MANY, HE WAS
A TRUSTED ROLE MODEL THEY
GREATLY ADMIRED.
>>19:01 HE WAS A PHENOMENAL
TEACHER. A PHENOMENAL
TEACHER. AND HE WAS ABLE TO
PAINT PICTURES ABOUT
SCIENCE IN JUST A BEAUTIFUL
WAY.
>> REPORTER:EVEN THEN HE WAS
CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH
SPORTS.
>> REPORTER:HERE'S A PHOTO
FROM THE SCHOOL'S YEARBOOK
SHOWING GARZA AS COACH OF
THE SCHOOL'S TENNIS TEAM.
>> REPORTER:ALL OF THE
VICTIMS I SPOKE TO HAD BEEN
YOUNG ATHLETES, WHO SAY THEY
WERE APPROACHED BY GARZA TO
PARTICIPATE IN A RESEARCH
STUDY INVOLVING PHYSCIALLY
FIT YOUNG MEN.
>> REPORTER:THE MAN I'M
CALLING "CARLOS" SAYS HE WAS
ONLY 15 WHEN APPROACHED BY
GARZA WHILE AT SWIM
PRACTICE. HE SAYS MORE THAN
ONCE, GARZA TOOK HIM INTO AN
EMPTY CLASSROOM UNDER THE
GUISE OF TAKING HIS
MEASUREMENTS FOR A STUDY. HE
SAYS GARZA HAD HIM PULL DOWN
HIS PANTS AND TOUCHED HIM IN
A WAY HE CONSIDERS ***
ABUSE. HE NEVER REPORTED IT.
>> REPORTER:PETER AND JOHN
SAY THEY BECAME GARZA'S
TARGETS AFTER JOINING HIS
INFORMAL AFTERSCHOOL SCIENCE
GROUP.
>> REPORTER:AT THE TIME,
THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE
BEING GIVEN AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY BY THEIR MENTOR
TO HELP THEM SUCCEED.
>> REPORTER:PETER NOW FEELS
GARZA WAS LAYING A TRAP FOR
THEM.FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
>>***20:20 THE WAY HE
PICKED US, IT WAS VERY
STRATEGIC. ALL OF US HAD
VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL HOMES, HE
KNEW WE WERE OVER ACHIEVERS
AND WOULDN'T WANT TO
DISAPPOINT. HE WAS VERY,
VERY CALCULATED.
>> REPORTER:NEAR THE END OF
1993 GARZA CONVINCED PETER
AND JOHN'S PARENTS TO LET
HIM TAKE THE TWO BOYS ON A
SKI TRIP TO NEW MEXICO AS A
REWARD FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD
WORK. WHILE THEY WERE ALONE
IN THEIR SKI CABINGARZA
ASKED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN
HIS RESEARCH STUDY.
>>14:25 HE EXPLAINED TO US
HOW HE NEEDED TO DO SOME
RESEARCH FOR STANFORD ON HOW
YOUNG ATHLETES' METABOLIC
RATES BEHAVE WHEN THEY ARE
IN RESTFUL STATES VERSUS
ATHLETIC STATES, SO HE
PULLED OUT CHARTS AND
EVERYTHING LOOKED VERY
OFFICIAL.
>> REPORTER:THEY SAY GARZA
BROUGHT ALONG SOMETHING THAT
HE SAID WOULD HELP THEM GET
INTO THAT RESTFUL STATE.
>>
>> REPORTER:A DRUG CALLED
HALOTHANEA POWERFUL
ANESTETIC WHICH WHEN GIVEN
IN HIGH ENOUGH
CONCERNTATIONS RENDERS ONE
COMPLETELY UNCONCIOUS.
>> REPORTER:THEY SAY GARZA
TOLD THE TEENS TO INHALE
FROM THE BOTTLE.
>> REPORTER:PETER
VOLUNTEERED.
>>15:57 I REMEMBER THE FIRST
TIME I INHALED THIS DRUG I
DROPPED THE BOTTLE, A LOT OF
IT POURED OUT. THEN YOU
KNOW, I WAS KNOCKED OUT AND
WOKE UP IN MY BED THE NEXT
MORNING.
>> REPORTER:JOHN AGREED HELP
IN THE STUDY, BUT WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA
OF BEING GASSED BY THE DRUG.
>> REPORTER:BUT ONE NIGHT
DURING THAT TRIP JOHN WOKE
UP TO AN UNUSAL SMELLAND
OPENED HIS EYES TO FIND
GARZA'S SILOLETTE LOOMING
ABOVE HIM.
>>
03:35 HE HAD BEEN PUTTING
THE LIQUID OF THAT BOTTLE
ON TO A WASHRAG FROM THE
HOTEL AND WAS PUTTING IT ON
MY FACE. I ROLLED OVER YOU
KNOW, PRETENDING THAT I WAS
STILL ASLEEP AND I ROLLED MY
FACE AWAY FROM HIM AND HE
WENT BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BED AND PUT IT BACK
ON ME I ROLLED BACK THE
OTHER WAY, I GRABBED THE
TOWEL AND THEW IT ON TO THE
FLOOR. THE NEXT MORNING I
WOKE UP THINKING WAS THAT A
DREAM OR WHAT? AND I SEE THE
TOWEL ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS
PRETTY SCARY.
>> REPORTER:JOHN WAS RATTLED
BY THE EXPERIENCEBUT CHOSE
NOT TO REPORT IT TO
AUTHORITIES.
>>04:42 AT THAT POINT MY
HOME LIFE WASN'T THE
GREATEST AND HE SEEMED TO BE
A STABLE FIGURE IN MY
LIFE.SO, I DECIDED THAT I
DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY,
I THOUGHT THAT HE KNEW WHAT
WAS IN MY BEST INTEREST AND
THAT HE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR
ME.
>> REPORTER:ONLY HIS BEST
FRIEND PETER KNEW THE TRUTH.
>>THE VICTIMS DIDN'T COME
FORWARDUNTIL IT HAPPENED
AGAIN.
>> REPORTER:IN THE SPRING OF
1994 GARZA TOOK PETER AND
JOHN ALONG WITH THE REST OF
THEIR SCIENCE GROUP TO