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| Counselor who had sex with inmate could lose license |
| By heraldtribune.com |
| Published: 05/04/2011 |
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The state has moved to revoke the license of a mental health counselor at an Arcadia facility for sexually violent predators, almost a year after she was accused of having sex 17 times with an inmate. Leanne Paynter, 42, resigned from her job as a group therapy leader at the Florida Civil Commitment Center in May 2010 after her employer learned of her relationship with a resident in his 40s who had been convicted of sexual battery. In April, the Department of Health petitioned the board that oversees mental health counselors to discipline Paynter. According to the petition, Paynter admitted she began making personal phone calls to the inmate in September 2009, gave him a silver necklace and asked him to be tested for HIV; then met with him in her office for sex 17 times. Security cameras recorded the pair on four of these occasions. Read More. |
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