Victims of a Manhattan neurologist who killed himself on Rikers Island after he was found guilty of raping his patients said they hope he rots in hell Wednesday — as they begged the court to uphold his conviction.

Six women who were abused by disgraced Dr. Ricardo Cruciani while they were his patients asked Manhattan Judge Michele Rodney to deny a motion from defense attorneys asking that his conviction be tossed on the grounds that he’s dead.

“The idea of having this verdict tossed out is like a dagger to my heart,” said Hillary Tullin, who testified that Cruciani sexually abused her while treating her for a debilitating pain condition in the early 2000s. 

“What do you say to someone who is dead and robbed you [of the ability] to have justice? He stole my agency and sense of autonomy,” she said.

At the time of his apparent suicide on Aug. 15, Cruciani was awaiting sentencing and faced up to 25 years to life in prison. That meant his case was technically still pending when he died, allowing for his guilty verdict and indictment to be thrown out under New York law.

“Please your honor I beg you… two weeks in jail is not enough time for what he did to me,” said one victim, who didn’t identify herself by name.

“I can only help there is hell so he can rot there,” she said through tears, calling Cruciani “Dr. Evil.” 

The woman said since she was abused by Cruciani, she no longer goes to the doctor for medical issues. 

“I’m not living, I’m not surviving. I’m just existing. I rarely leave my apartment,” she said. 

“I am really struggling with the fact he will never go to prison or be punished for what he did to me and so many others for all these years…He took away my chance and my five co-witnesses chance to face him as a convicted felon. I feel victimized all over again… suicide was just another selfish act.”

Tanisha Johnson, who was abused by Cruciani while a patient of his at Beth Israel, said the charges shouldn’t go away just because the depraved doc opted to “take the coward’s way out.”

“Closure for me was facing him in court. I don’t have that option now,” she said. “Please don’t allow him to assault me again in death. Removing these charges tells every single woman he assaulted, oh well, move on. If only it was that simple.” 

Cruciani was arrested more than four years agoafter at least 17 patients came forward to accuse him of misconduct during his time at Beth Israel Medical Center and later at facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

During his trial this summer, prosecutors described Cruciani as “evil in a white coat” and told jurors he was “a small, devious man who could have used his highly intelligent ways for good instead of bad.”

For more than a decade, prosecutors said, Cruciani treated patients with rare diseases and chronic pain and then got them hooked on highly addictive pain medication so he could coerce them into performing sexual acts in exchange for the drugs.

Following his trial, Cruciani was convicted on 12 counts of third-degree rape, sexual abuse, attempted rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sexual act.

One woman who didn’t identify herself, implored the court to “not undo” all the work it took to convict Cruciani. 

“I thought this was finally over,” the woman said. 

“He took his own life and with this one selfish act he robbed his victims of justice and closure. Despite his death, he still lives on in my nightmare. Even from the grave Mr. Cruciani seeks to disrupt my life… His grip is around me again, controlling my current situation and my life.” 

Justice Rodney didn’t rule on the motion during the hearing and is expected to make a decision at a later date.