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Psychologist accused of having sex with patient and kept billing insurance
CBS 10 WTSP ^ | 02/16/2010 | Melanie Brooks

Posted on 02/17/2010 5:48:23 AM PST by jerry557

Tampa, Florida - New details are emerging about the case of a Tampa psychologist accused of having sex with his patient.

Dr. Daniel R. Lerom is listed in documents as having a long-standing sexual relationship with his Lakeland patient, listed only as "HK" in a lawsuit filed with Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

Each time they two had sex, documents say, the doctor would bill her Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance for their "sessions."

Text messages show that the 49-year-old doctor told his patient, "My body felt great all over after last night. "

"I wish you were here in the shower with me to warm me up."

"If I were there, I would rub you and kiss you all over."

The doctor even referred to himself as her "Red Hot Lover," or RHL for short.

A lawsuit filed by the patient and documentation from the Florida Surgeon General's Office show that the two had oral sex and intercourse in hotel rooms, his office on and the patient's home in Lakleland.

The patient also gave her doctor a key.

Ken Kramer is a researcher for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a group that investigates psychiatric abuse.

Kramer was very upset to learn about the details in this case. "It's a felony. It's against the hippocratic oath. It's something you just don't do."

He wants to know why this case hasn't gone to the authorities.

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Dr. Lerom is now being sued by his former lover.

Documents show that he began counseling the woman back in 1995. In February of 2009, she broke off her engagement and began having a relationship with the doctor, sources say.

When the doctor's wife found out, he ended the alleged affair.

The woman was institutionalized shortly thereafter. She had reportedly suffered a mental collapse.

(Excerpt) Read more at wtsp.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; psycholist; relationship; sex

1 posted on 02/17/2010 5:48:24 AM PST by jerry557
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To: jerry557

If anything doesn’t this count as insurance fraud?


2 posted on 02/17/2010 5:49:30 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: jerry557

Yawn. This is news? This is one of the reasons people take psychology.


3 posted on 02/17/2010 5:50:07 AM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: jerry557

It’s against the hippocratic oath.


I didn’t think any of them took that anymore.............


4 posted on 02/17/2010 5:57:14 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
It’s against the hippocratic oath. I didn’t think any of them took that anymore.............

As he is a Psychologist, he may or may not be a physician. Psychiatrists are MDs and do take the oath. I'm not aware that psychologists necessarily do. However, I could be wrong.

5 posted on 02/17/2010 6:13:33 AM PST by 1raider1
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To: pnh102
If anything doesn’t this count as insurance fraud?

Not if she was getting better :-)

6 posted on 02/17/2010 6:14:12 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: 1raider1

They don’t, only physicians do and not all of them. I did, but even back in Disco Days, there was talk of going to a different oath.


7 posted on 02/17/2010 6:16:09 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Any man over 35 with washboard abds is either gay or a narcissist.)
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To: from occupied ga
I get the joke but clearly she didn't get better.

The woman was institutionalized shortly thereafter. She had reportedly suffered a mental collapse.

8 posted on 02/17/2010 6:19:21 AM PST by YoungHickey (Keep your laws off my body... abort the health care bill!)
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To: jerry557

There is no excusing the psychologist’s alleged actions, but be aware that the fancy sounding Citizens Commission on Human Rights is a Scientology front. If anyone preys upon the mentally ill or addicted, it is Scientology. They are an evil, evil organization.


9 posted on 02/17/2010 6:21:50 AM PST by ArmoredCav (Obama is Soros' puppet)
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To: 1raider1

Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by most modern medical schools. (according to wikpedia)


10 posted on 02/17/2010 6:39:56 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by most modern medical schools. (according to wikpedia)

That's what I get for using the Dr. Kildare movies from the 1940s as a source.

11 posted on 02/17/2010 6:43:11 AM PST by 1raider1
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To: YoungHickey

“I get the joke but clearly she didn’t get better....
The woman was institutionalized shortly thereafter. She had reportedly suffered a mental collapse.”

But the therapy helped by keeping her out o fan institution as long as the therapy continued...;-)


12 posted on 02/17/2010 6:49:53 AM PST by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: 1raider1

There is a Code of Ethics for psychologists from the lefties at the American Psychological Association.


13 posted on 02/17/2010 9:52:08 AM PST by freespirited (Congratulations Senator Brown. One down, 59 to go.)
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To: pnh102

No fraud here. He simply wanted to have his Kate and Edith too.


14 posted on 02/17/2010 9:58:51 AM PST by csmusaret (Right wing extremists: Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Paine, and me.)
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To: achilles2000

Fair enough.


15 posted on 02/17/2010 2:40:58 PM PST by YoungHickey (Keep your laws off my body... abort the health care bill!)
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