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The psychiatrist was accused of manipulating and taking advantage of his patient for three decades.
Talk therapy is meant to serve as a safe space to explore your innermost feelings and vulnerabilities.
But what happens when your therapist exploits your trust for their own gain?
Isaac Herschkopf (Paul Rudd)and his patient Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell).
As the podcast explores, he met Herschkopf in 1981 after inheriting a million-dollar fabric company from his dad.
The two got along well, and Markowitz began seeing Herschkopf three times a week.
Eventually, Markowitz says Herschkopf persuaded him to fire his sister from their familys company.
He claimed that Dr. Ike even had him cut his sister out of all the family photos.
And in 1986, he instructed Markowitz to purchase the adjoining house to the Southampton home he already owned.
Herschkopf began throwing parties for his celebrity clientele at the house.
Many of the guests assumed Markowitz was the caretaker of the property, not the owner.
This continued for years until Markowitz had a difficult hernia operation in 2010.
Herschkopf, his supposed friend of 30 years, didnt bother to visit or check up on him.
When Markowitz was out of the hospital, he immediately wrote Herschkopf and his wife out of his will.
Per Bloomberg, Markowitz then reached out to theNew York Department of Healthand reported Herschkopf for malpractice.
They eventually brought charges against Herschkopf, a month after theShrink Next Doorpodcast aired in 2019.
Markowitz, meanwhile, told Forward that he is much happier nowthan when he was being treated by Herschkopf.
Its my 40-year ordeal.
It was 29 years under his power and 11 years seeking justice, he said.
Thats what I wanted.
This article was originally published onNovember 12, 2021
