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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 09:22 AM
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Seattle psychologist, suspected of voyeurism takes his own life
Edited on Fri Jul-27-07 09:48 AM by IanDB1
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Seattle psychologist suspected of voyeurism takes his own life

By CLAUDIA ROWE
P-I REPORTER

A career that spanned more than 25 years and brought Stuart Greenberg national renown as a forensic psychologist ended abruptly Wednesday when the Seattle therapist, recently under criminal investigation for voyeurism, committed suicide in a Renton motel.

Investigators have yet to confirm reports that Greenberg, who left two notes, overdosed on pills -- though friends and colleagues believe the true cause was shame.

"There was nobody whose professional reputation was more important to them than Stu -- it was everything to him," said Marsha Hedrick, a colleague. "So to have such stature in the field and then to lose that, it was horrifying to him."

A clinical affiliate at the University of Washington, former consultant to the Seattle Archdiocese and past president of the American Board of Forensic Psychology, Greenberg, 59, had recently admitted to Seattle police that he surreptitiously videotaped several women using the restroom in his Montlake office. Afterward, he masturbated to the images, police say.

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Therapist's suicide could trigger challenges in legal cases
By Jennifer Sullivan and Maureen O'Hagan
Seattle Times staff reporters

The arrest and suicide of a prominent Seattle psychologist who was often an expert witness in sexual-abuse and child-custody cases could raise questions about his recommendations, and some could be challenged, judges say.

Renton police on Wednesday found Stuart Greenberg's body after employees at the Clarion hotel entered his room and found a note on the floor that read, "medical personnel, do not resuscitate. Let me die," according to a Renton police report.

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Greenberg, 59, was well-known as an expert witness in sexual-abuse cases. He had worked as a consultant to the Archdiocese of Seattle, which was defending itself in priest-abuse cases. He also had served as an expert witness on behalf of sex-abuse victims in other cases.

Greenberg also was frequently appointed as a parenting evaluator in child-custody cases.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003808201_greenberg27m.html
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 09:44 AM
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1. Tossed salad and scrambled eggs!!!
I feel sorry for the housekeeping staff at the motel, myself.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:31 AM
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2. You know, porn is so widely available, why go through all that trouble
and risk to watch women go to the bathroom? You're really not seeing much--it's not like we strip down or anything--skirt up, sit, tinkle, wipe, skirt down, that's it. And lots of not-so-good-looking women in there too, I'm sure. I guess it's just the spying aspect, not the actual view?
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-29-07 09:50 AM
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3. I remember him lecturing on ethics
I remember attending a Continuing Legal Education seminar on the use of psychologists and therapists as witnesses in litigation. It was his position that one had to hire a forensic psychologist and not use the treating psychologist as a witness because of a certain ethics provision. I can't remember his reasoning but I thought it was not realistic and more of a way to drum up business for forensic psychologists.
It just struck me as odd that he lectured on ethics while engaging in this behavior.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 08:30 AM
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4. with Crawford--that would not likely be allowed
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