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By JULIET LINDERMAN

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maria Lennon said she felt some relief when she heard the news Friday afternoon: A judge had finalized a $190 million settlement between Johns Hopkins Hospital and more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who used tiny cameras to secretly photograph women and girls during examinations.

Lennon had visited that gynecologist, Dr. Nikita Levy, for 15 years, and could receive some of the money. But for Lennon and many others, no monetary award can erase the ongoing shock, grief and fear.

"I feel vindicated," Lennon said Friday. "But my nightmares aren't going to go away."

Levy was fired from Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore in February 2013, after a female co-worker spotted the pen-like camera he wore around his neck and alerted authorities to her suspicions that he was using it to record his patients. Levy committed suicide days later, following a raid on his home that uncovered roughly 1,200 videos and 140 images stored on his home computers. No criminal charges were filed, after authorities determined that Levy did not share or distribute the images.

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FILE - This July 8, 2014, file photo, shows the East Baltimore Medical Center, a community practice affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore. A Baltimore judge has approved a $190 million settlement between Johns Hopkins Hospital and more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who used tiny cameras to secretly photograph women and girls during examinations. The settlement was reached in July between the renowned hospital and former patients of Dr. Nikita Levy. Judge Sylvester B. Cox approved the agreement on Friday, Sept. 19. (AP Photo/File)


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