Israeli therapist could be jailed for 15 years for raping patients

Published July 24th, 2024 - 12:14 GMT
Israeli therapist could be jailed for 15 years for raping patients
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ALBAWABA - The trial of an Israeli psychotherapist named Yariv Cohen, who committed rape crimes against his patients, is the main talk of many in the country and on social media, local media reported. 

The Israeli therapist, 52, had confirmed earlier committing rape crimes against multiple victims who were coming to his clinic for treatment. 

He was convicted of committing sexual crimes against 10 female patients after he manipulated their minds to gain the trust first then he provided them with false information to implement his plan against them. 

According to sources, the Israeli man committed acts of rape and aberration with three of the victims. He is likely to be sentenced to up to 15 years in jail for his crimes.

Cohen confessed to the crimes he committed during his work between 2017 and 2022 as a physical psychotherapist, and he claimed to specialize in treating crises, mental disorders, and emotional disorders, with the help of speech therapy, which combines physical communication techniques.

Cohen plays with his victims by surreptitiously gaining the trust of the patients, and he conducts sexual conversations with them, during which he shares with them his personal sexual experience and details about the sexual lives of the other patients.

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