Friday, February 23, 2007

More Tongue Wagging on the UCLA Psychiatrist Sex Scandal Verdict

So it seems that this chapter in the story abound the oversexed psychiatrists at UCLA is finally drawing to a close (although more chapters loom in the future) - Among the assorted links we have:

We have to quote the item at the last link, which notes that
The curious case of the handsome UCLA doctor and his Supervisor-with-(alleged)-benefits has come to an end.

Yesterday an LA jury denied Dr. David Martorano's claim that UCLA had passed him over for a coveted position as "chief resident" at the Neuropsychiatric Institute because he broke up with his former supervisor, Dr. Heather Krell.

The jury also denied Dr. Krell's counter-suit that Dr. Dave made the whole affair up, including the ludicrous claim that Krell would give him oral sex in a car.

[Krell's lawyer, Donald Garrard] also argued that jurors should not believe Martorano's claim that Krell had performed oral sex on him parked in an Audi in front of her apartment, because a 35-year-old physician would obviously choose to go to her apartment rather than stay in the car.

Garrard urged jurors to punish Martorano for acting like "a 14-year-old boy" by awarding Krell punitive damages.

Martorano's attorney, however, argued that the evidence that Martorano and Krell had an affair was hard to dispute. He pointed to dozens of phone calls, social events they attended together and testimony that they watched a movie about a porn star titled "The Fluffer." - LA Times

According to the Times, UCLA, Krell and Martorano still have more days in court ahead of them.

UCLA is being sued by Krell for sexual harrassment from another UCLA doctor, and Martorano is being sued by his next door neighbors in Malibu for killing a dog and videotaping their kids.
UPDATE: We now also have an interview with Psychiatrist David Martorano defending himself. Even though he complained of the ugliness of Dr. Krell, with whom he says he had an affair, it seems fair enough to say that that there was more than enough ugliness to go for everyone.

This is another case where the ugly side of Psychiatry has been exposed for everyone to see. Is this the only side that Psychiatry has?

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