FLASHBACK:
"Doctor is accused of molesting boys" by Associated Press | October 7, 2009
It's almost enough to make you become a Christian Scientist.
HAMILTON, Ohio - A pediatrician performed sex acts on three teenage patients during office visits, slipping them cash payments of about $200 as they left, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday.
Dr. Mark Blankenburg doled out money and prescription drugs to some of the patients even after they became adults, Assistant Butler County Prosecutor Lance Salyers said in opening statements at the doctor’s trial. Blankenburg, 53, and his twin, Dr. Scott Blankenburg, also a pediatrician, are accused of sex crimes involving minors. The brother faces a trial in April.
The doctors have practiced for more than 20 years in Hamilton, a city of more than 60,000 north of Cincinnati. Authorities said the abuses date to 1987. Salyers said Mark Blankenburg gave the patients drugs that included the anti-anxiety medications Xanax and Valium and the pain-reliever Percocet.
Time to GET OFF the REAL DOPE, AmeriKa!!!!
How can you LET YOUR KIDS INGEST any of that GARBAGE!!
Defense attorney Mike Shanks told jurors there is no evidence that Blankenburg committed the sex acts. He acknowledged that Blankenburg paid money to his accusers but said that what the state has labeled as bribery was “flat-out extortion.’’
It started when a former patient with drug problems wanted money and told Blankenburg he would tell people the doctor had committed sex acts on him if he did not pay up, Shanks said. “He knew him to be a soft personality.’’
A little "playful" innuendo there? Pffft!
That patient says Blankenburg, who was also his Little League coach, began molesting him when he was 13 and gave him $200, Salyers said.
Was he ON DRUGS yet?
Message: DO NOT LET your LITTLE BOYS and GIRLS to play SPORTS, folks!
Thanks for ruining the fun, sicko!
Maybe someone will be going up them, huh?
Consider it part of the side effects, doc.
"Ohio doctor gets 13 years in sex abuse case" by Associated Press | January 15, 2010
HAMILTON, Ohio - A pediatrician charged with sex crimes against former patients pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Scott Blankenburg, 54, also pleaded guilty to compelling prostitution, illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, complicity to obtain a dangerous drug, and two counts of bribery.... He also must pay a $7,500 fine and agreed to pay a $27,500 fine levied against his twin brother in a similar case.
They are lucky their heads are still attached to their necks.
The brother, Mark, also a pediatrician, was sentenced last week to 21 to 27 years in prison for sex crimes involving former patients, money laundering, and drug charges.
Nice practice, huh?
Scott Blankenburg, who lived in Hamilton with his brother, had offices in nearby Fairfield while his brother mostly practiced in Hamilton. They were indicted in March. He had initially been charged with 28 counts....
Authorities say the unlawful sexual conduct involved a 15-year-old male, now in his 20s, who came forward after the original indictment. Prosecutors said Scott Blankenburg performed sex acts on the teen between 2002 and 2003 and bribed him to keep quiet.
There goes my breakfast, rooooooollllllffffff!!!
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