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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor and Hannah Al-Othman

Woman who sued therapist for sexual assault wins £217,000 damages

Ella Janneh speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London
Ella Janneh said she felt betrayed by the police and Crown Prosecution Service after the decision not to pursue criminal proceedings against Lousada. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

A woman who claimed she was raped by a therapist who said penetration could help ease her trauma has been awarded more than £200,000 in damages in a high court ruling after she sued him over the alleged assaults.

Ella Janneh, 37, a victim of childhood sexual abuse who waived her right to anonymity, brought a claim against Michael Lousada, described as a “self-styled psychosexual Somatics practitioner”, over a therapy session involving sexual penetration at his clinic in Belsize Park, north London, in August 2016.

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