A Tarrant County grand jury has declined to indict a Dallas neurologist who was charged with sexual assault of a child.
The grand jury last week entered a “no bill” for the case against Dr. Samir Shah, according to online court records.
A spokesperson for the Tarrant County district attorney’s office, Anna Tinsley Williams, said in an email that a “no bill” means the grand jury “did not find probable cause to indict the case.”
Shah, 48, was charged in October with sexual assault of a child. As a result of the charge, the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended Shah’s medical license.
Shah’s attorneys said in a December statement that the sexual assault charge was “false” and linked it to a contentious custody battle.
Christy Jack, one of Shah’s attorneys at the firm Varghese Summersett, said Shah was “grateful” for the grand jury’s decision but troubled by the damage the charge has done to his reputation.
“The tragic thing about an accusation like this is, regardless of what a grand jury decides ... there’s still this kind of lingering doubt, just because the accusation is made and the general public doesn’t know about all the history,” Jack said.
The Texas Medical Board’s online database showed Shah’s license was still suspended as of Wednesday.
Spencer Miller-Payne, a spokesperson for the Texas Medical Board, said in an email that the board cannot comment on Shah’s case in particular. In general, Miller-Payne said, the board has a process for potentially reinstating medical licenses once charges against providers are dropped.