Alabama doctor accused of recruiting prostitutes as patients

Published April 25, 2019 10:54 PM EDT

An Alabama doctor is facing federal charges accused of recruiting prostitutes as patients.

According to AL.com, Doctor Marshall Plotka was arrested in an opioid sting in Huntsville.

The publication cites court documents saying Plotka provided the women with drugs and paid them for sex, before taking them on as patients.

The federal complaint outlines multiple relationships and states that two prostitutes overdosed at his house last year.