Gavin Meany
Star Tribune
Former Twin Cities psychiatrist who appealed term for raping patient gets more time at resentencing
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A onetime Twin Cities psychiatrist who won an appeal of his initial sentence for repeatedly sexually assaulting a patient in trauma therapy was given an even longer term the second time around.
Gavin P. Meany, 41, was sentenced Wednesday by Dakota County District Judge Timothy McManus to a term of 12¾ years after pleading guilty to four counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. With credit for more than 20 months of incarceration, Meany is expected to serve slightly more than 6¾ years in prison and the balance on supervised release…
On Wednesday in court, the woman again made a victim impact statement.
“People think I should be ‘over this’ or ‘move on and have closure,’ but those people don’t get what I went through,” she told the court, “to be a sex object for five years [and] not treated with dignity or respect. … Nobody owns the right to tell me to move on.”…
Excerpted from:Former Twin Cities psychiatrist who appealed term for raping patient gets more time at resentencing
By Paul Walsh
Star Tribune
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