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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:08 PM Feb 2019

Fox 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 doctor’s 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 OP
Here we go again, another sanctimonious RW perv. Marie Marie Feb 2019 #1
Shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Squinch Feb 2019 #2
K & R malaise Feb 2019 #3
He denies it. frogmarch Feb 2019 #4
"excellent care to any patient who needs my help" volstork Feb 2019 #5

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
4. He denies it.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:37 PM
Feb 2019
https://twitter.com/keithablow?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Keith Ablow, M.D.
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@keithablow
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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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