http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2016955
Personally I have never believed in hypnosis and thought it just happens in the movies, but this story of a lawyer who put clients into a trance and sexually assaulted them makes me think otherwise. Not that I would ever do it even if it worked. What do you guys think?
Personally I have never believed in hypnosis and thought it just happens in the movies, but this story of a lawyer who put clients into a trance and sexually assaulted them makes me think otherwise. Not that I would ever do it even if it worked. What do you guys think?
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An Ohio attorney secretly hypnotized his female clients, making them perform sex acts while he referred to himself as "the world's greatest lover," according to stunning court documents.
The bizarre claims made against Michael Fine, 57, were revealed in an emergency court motion filed to suspend him from practicing law Tuesday after police launched an investigation into his claimed hypnotic spells.
Fine, who has not been charged with any crime, is accused of posing “a substantial threat of serious harm to the public" by the Lorain County Bar Association after police say they busted one of his lurid sessions with a client earlier this month.
That woman, only identified as "Jane Doe," contacted Sheffield police after numerous meetings with Fine left her with "strange memories and feelings," according to the affidavit obtained by the Smoking Gun.
"She would be unable to recall substantial portions of the meetings, and afterwards she would realize her clothes and bra were out of place and moved, and her vagina was wet," stated investigator Richard Thomas with the Lorain County prosecutor's office.
Police advised her not to return to his office — but she did while equipped with a tape recorder.
According to the affidavit, in one phone call placed between them on Oct. 10 Fine at first only discussed their court case before learning that she was alone and placing her in "a trance."
"Thereafter, the conversation is of an explicit sexual nature, wherein he induces her into multiple orgasms. Fine refers to himself as her 'teacher' and 'instructor' and that they have a special 'bond' and connection,'" according to the affidavit. "Fine assures her that she will appear normal and only remember their discussions regarding legal matters."
Days later, on Oct. 21 she recorded a second illicit phone call between them, according to Thomas.
"Again Fine places her in a hypnotic spell and commences a lengthy sexually explicit conversation.
"He confirms that he wants this experience to happen continually in the future and that it will be secret without the ability of her to recall," Thomas stated.
...afterwards she would realize her clothes and bra were out of place and moved, and her vagina was wet.
At that point a search warrant was obtained by local law enforcement officials to record Jane Doe during a Nov. 7 meeting in his office.
The resulting scene, witnessed by Thomas and several other law enforcement officers at a nearby location, allegedly showed Fine hypnotizing the woman before directing her to a couch.
A video camera on his desk then captured Fine's "sexual dialogue" while he massaged her hand and shoulders.
"At this point I and the other police enter the room," Thomas stated.
But while Jane Doe's claims are unusual, she's not believed to be the first.
A second woman claims Fine was also "attempting to hypnotize her" while meeting to discuss her upcoming divorce.
From the parts of their meetings she could remember he would gently touch her fingers, forearm and forehead while directing her thoughts to a "wave of relaxation."
She later couldn't recall how much time had passed while with him but in their after-hours meetings she said Fine would comment on "her looks and physical appearance."
He would also inquire about her sex life with her husband, and whether they had "rough sex."
After he stopped working at his law firm, she spoke with one of his former partners and said she too "felt as though she might have been hypnotized."
Speaking to officials with the bar association, the woman said she felt "creepy and disgusted" by his behavior, especially with it coming while she was "so upset and distraught about her marital situation when she went to him."[quote][quote]
Don't debate me.