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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox shrink Keith Ablow sued for sexual abuse of patients
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/21/own-you-psychiatrist-keith-ablow-accused-sexually-exploiting-patients/kL9rl6ti7eFFeMPRPAMZvJ/story.html?camp=breakingnews:newsletter"NEWBURYPORT A prominent North Shore psychiatrist is facing lawsuits from three female patients who say he lured them into degrading sexual relationships, including beatings, conversations about bondage, and, in one case, getting a tattoo of the doctors initials to show his ownership of her, according to court documents.
The women allege that Dr. Keith Ablow, an author who was a contributor to Fox News network until 2017, abused his position while treating them for acute depression, leaving them unable to trust authority figures and plagued with feelings of shame and self-recrimination.
He began to hit me when we engaged in sexual activities, wrote one plaintiff, a New York woman, in a sworn affidavit filed with her lawsuit. He would have me on my knees and begin to beat me with his hands on my breasts, she wrote, occasionally saying, I own you, or You are my slave.......(more)
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Fox shrink Keith Ablow sued for sexual abuse of patients (Original Post)
Tanuki
Feb 2019
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Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)1. Here we go again, another sanctimonious RW perv.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)2. Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
malaise
(268,967 posts)3. K & R
Never fails
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)4. He denies it.
https://twitter.com/keithablow?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Keith Ablow, M.D.
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Categorically, completely deny the allegations lodged against me. I look forward to the court proceedings and will continue to offer excellent care to any patient who needs my help.
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Keith Ablow, M.D.
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Categorically, completely deny the allegations lodged against me. I look forward to the court proceedings and will continue to offer excellent care to any patient who needs my help.
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volstork
(5,400 posts)5. "excellent care to any patient who needs my help"
So that's what he calls it....?