XR’s spokesperson at the Dunfermline blockade, Meg Paton-Jones, said: “The police have one van on site and they are watching us. Protesters with “lock-ons” and placards have stopped lorries entering the Scottish site and some from leaving. We need a new system that respects people and the planet, instead of blindly chasing profit Last week, Herschkopf told The New York Times that he plans on appealing the ruling.The group said it was also targeting Amazon sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury and Milton Keynes.
The 70-year-old was found guilty of 16 charges of professional misconduct, which included fraudulent practice, exercising undue influence, moral unfitness and negligence.
The Shrink Next Door podcast, which was published in 2019, found other patients of Herschkopf’s who claimed they had also been manipulated by him, with one particular patient named Judith alleging on the show that he had urged her to cease contact with her mother and convinced her not to attend her funeral.Īfter the podcast was published, the New York Department of Health launched a two-year investigation into Herschkopf’s practices and in April 2021, his medical licence was revoked. Markowitz eventually wrote Herschkopf and his wife out of his will and reported him for malpractice. Markowitz ended his relationship with Herschkopf in 2010, after undergoing a hernia operation and realising that Herschkopf had made no effort to reach out. The therapist would throw huge parties, inviting celebrity guests, with Markowitz telling the podcast: “People thought I was the caretaker.” Markowitz would later change his will to make Herschkopf’s wife the sole recipient of the entire estate and gave Herschkopf power of attorney. In 1986, Herschkopf convinced Markowitz to buy the house next to his Southampton home, after which he took over the place and moved his patient to the guest quarters, banning him from storing food in the main house. He also asked him to create a private foundation – the Yaron Foundation – which benefitted Herschkopf and his family, and even had himself listed as a co-owner of Markowitz’s bank account, which contained $2.5 million.Īccording to Markowitz, Herschkopf wouldn’t let him have a girlfriend and convinced him that he was the only one to be trusted, telling Forward: “He would say, ‘Everyone is out to get you, I’m going to protect you.’ And I was stupid enough to buy it.”
He started seeing Herschkopf as a patient three times a week and within two years, Herschkopf had managed to insert himself into his life, according to Markowitz, who told The Times of Israel that he “very quietly started pouring salt into my open wounds”.Īs explored in the podcast, Herschkopf convinced Markowitz to fire his sister from their family company and disinherit her from the business, after which he was isolated from the rest of his family, and asked him to include his wife Becky in his will.