London, Dec 3 (ANI): A spiritual healer to stars like Joely Richardson and Tamzin Outhwaite has been accused of ordering a "female client to strip naked" and then fondling her.
The boss of Sensitives Clinic in London, Graham Dare, allegedly "groomed" a 31-year-old Japanese student during her first three genuine appointments, and waived his usual 95 pounds per hour fee until her migraines disappeared.
"The defendant abused his position, he was building up this young lady's confidence and trust in him," the Daily Mail quoted prosecutor Heather Stangoe as telling the Blackfriars Crown Court in London.
According to Stangoe, the abuse began during a fourth appointment on 14th September last year.
"He asked her to take off all of her clothes and although thinking this was unusual she thought it must have been part of the treatment," she said.
Dare reportedly said that the clothes were getting in the way of spiritual healing after which he moved his hands all over the victim's body.
Stangoe said the student was "wriggling in discomfort" but, believing the treatment was genuine, booked another appointment for 16th September, when the defendant made her remove her clothes and touched her intimately once again.
"This was no genuine treatment - this defendant was sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman while continuing to claim he was a genuine practitioner," Stangoe said.
The victim returned on 20th September 20, but insisted on keeping her knickers on.
The defendant is then said to have "put his lips on her hands, arms, legs and abdomen while making a funny noise" before taking his clothes off and asking the student to touch him.
The complainant made an appointment for the next day that she later cancelled and, after obtaining advice from another spiritualist who dismissed Dare's methods, called the police.
When questioned by officers, Dare, who has been a spiritualist for over a decade and charges 375 pounds for home visits and 1,256 pounds for one-week residential healing treatments, insisted there was no abuse, and pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault. (ANI)
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