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CELINE DION - CELEBRITY DOCTOR SENTENCED IN INSURANCE FRAUD CASE
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CELEBRITY DOCTOR SENTENCED IN INSURANCE FRAUD CASE
The celebrity fertility doctor who treated singer CELINE DION and actress LIV ULLMAN has been sentenced to probation for failing to repay nearly $3.2 million (£2.3 million) to patients and insurers he defrauded.
Federal Judge William Pauley ordered New York-based doctor Niels Lauersen to do 60 hours of community service, nearly eight years after he was convicted of insurance fraud.
The 72-year-old doctor was ordered in 2001 to submit to two years of strict supervision following completion of his 70-month prison term in 2006.
According to the New York Post, Lauersen was brought back to court when prosecutors accused him of violating his original probation terms by failing to pay restitution and hiding nearly $270,000 (£192,860) in rental income.
30 January 2009 16:06
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And another thing -- Why does the world have to know who Celine Dion's or any
other celebrity's gynecologist is? If I were a celebrity I'd want some privacy
about SOMETHING and certainly about who my ob-gyn, fertility doctor, etc. was.
Yet over and over we hear about Liv Ullman from decades ago, Geraldo Rivera's
wife, Celine Dion, and such having been on his exam table. What gives him the
NERVE? Other celebrities' doctors RESPECT THEIR PATIENTS' PRIVACY. What a USER.
It's inexcusable and it's not his only flaw either. The malpractice he did to
some and the lives he ruined... What about THOSE patients? Well that's what you
get with a doctor who uses his patients to advance himself. All the famous
women in New York, he's hardly the only gynecologist they've ever gone to, but
he's the only one who pulls this stunt. If they go along with it it's because
he's manipulated them into it. That speaks volumes about the guy in itself.
Disgusting!
This just showed up on a Google Alert today 1/30/09. Is it a new development in
the saga of this irresponsible "fairy goddoctor" or something from the past?
The judge seems to see right through him and not be willing to tolerate his
game-playing, and kudos to His Honor. Something is seriously wrong with this
guy. How did he ever get a license in the first place? The patients who praise
him to the sky obviously are grateful for his services but this is classic
narcissistic syndrome with people drawn in by the narcissist's hype and making
things worse with their enabling behavior and of course they don't even realize
it. You'd think he'd have learned something and grown up by now, but not if he
and his admirers can help it. No doubt he doesn't think so but the judge is
providing the no-nonsense influence he needs. How he's ever going to make up
for the harm he's done to his victims is a question for bigger minds than his,
it seems. There are plenty of people who've seen in him what his supporters
refuse to acknowledge and he's done plenty of harm to many in addition to what
he was convicted of. He sure is a legend in his own mind and it looks like
thanks to himself and enabling by his acolytes his troubles are never going to
end.


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