Duke City Therapist Charged With Rape

DR. LAMARR EDGERSON, A THERAPIST, NOW FACES RAPE CHARGES IN ALBUQUERQUE. EDGERSON IS ACCUSED BY SEVERAL WOMEN OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THEM DURING SESSIONS IN A BUILDING AT YALE AND GIBSON SOUTHEAST THAT WAS FORMERLY NAMED FAMILY HARMONY.

ONE WOMAN TOLD POLICE SHE WAS ASSAULTED AFTER EDGERSON HYPNOTIZED HER FOR ONE OF HER SESSIONS. SHE SAYS ALSO HE OFFERED HER A RIDE HOME AFTER HAVING DRINKS AT A RESTAURANT, BUT TOOK HER TO HIS HOME INSTEAD. TWO OTHER CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

EDGERSON IS BACK IN OHIO NOW BUT FACES FIVE COUNTS OF RAPE IN NEW MEXICO.

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