Black Collar Crime
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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