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Marcello Grasso, Italian psychiatrist, “arrested on suspicion of raping a female patient”
ansa.it Ex Senate Speaker's psychiatrist sibling allegedly raped patient April 8, 2021 Psychiatrist Marcello Grasso (ANSA) - PALERMO, APR 8 - The psychiatrist brother of former national anti-mafia prosecutor and ex-Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female patient, sources said Thursday. Marcello Grasso, 70, has been charged with sexual violence. The patient says she was abused after putting on a burlesque costume for one of Grasso's sessions of theatre-based therapy. Police installed a hidden camera in Grasso's studio after the patient filed her complaint. His lawyer said his client had worked for 40 [...]
Allan Seltzer, Sudbury Psychiatrist, sentenced – sexually assaulted a female patient
The Sault Star Psychiatrist ‘damaged’ client By Harold Carmichael April 21, 2021 Former Sudbury psychiatrist A Greater Sudbury man who sexually assaulted a female patient in 2015 while he was practising psychiatry — even though he was not registered to do so — has been given a one-year conditional sentence. “I strongly dislike the joint (sentencing) submission put before me,” said Ontario Court Justice Heather-Ann Mendes Monday as she issued the sentence along with a two-year probation order, DNA order, ordered that Allan Seltzer be listed on the national sex offenders’ registry for 10 years, and a five-year weapons [...]
Susannah Tung, psychiatrist (NY & Conn) disciplined for Excessive Drinking
ctwatchdog.com State Disciplines Psychiatrist For Improper Prescription Monitoring, Excessive Drinking By Lisa Backus April 22, 2021 Psychiatrist Susannah Tung The Medical Examining Board issued this week a four-year probationary period to a psychiatrist who is accused of excessive drinking and failing to follow state law on utilizing Connecticut’s prescription monitoring program. Department of Public Health (DPH) investigators determined that Dr. Susannah Tung, a psychiatrist, who runs a private practice while also working for the state Department of Correction (DOC), abused alcohol to excess at least twice; on Oct. 11 2017 and Feb. 20, 2020. The board, in addition to [...]
Egyptian Psychiatrist accused of kidnapping six minor girls
Ahram online Egypt's Prosecution refers doctor and wife to court for kidnapping and sexually assaulting six girls Prosecution also found that the defendant published a booklet claiming that he has an academic degree which he in fact did not hold El-Sayed Gamal El-Din April 13, 2021 Egypt’s Prosecution referred on Tuesday a doctor and his wife to criminal court for kidnapping six minor girls and sexually assaulting them in his private residence and clinic. The prosecution accused the Doctor and his wife of kidnapping six minor girls, taking advantage of their young age and luring them to his house and [...]