Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Viral Desai, accused of rape by an actress, has a history of sexually assaulting women in his Santacruz clinic, a source close to the Desai family told mid-day. The source said Dr. Desai would video record the act to blackmail his victims and that his perverse and violent nature even caused his wife to divorce him.

He was also caught on a video in a compromising position with one of his clients. The wife got access to the video after which the duo had a verbal duel which resulted in Dr Desai assaulting his wife, a renowned gynecologist in Mumbai," the source said. The accused had told his wife that he will not change and that "she needed to adjust if she wanted to live with him or could apply for legal separation," the source said. His wife soon filed a case of domestic violence against Dr Desai (a couple of years ago) and the "video was shown to the judge who had pulled up Dr Desai amidst a packed courtroom" while hearing the domestic violence case.