October 7, 2005
Princess Cheyenne, stripper, ALLEGEDLY practiced as unlicensed psychologist
Anyone remember Princess Cheyenne? If not you might have heard about a South Shore woman has been indicted on charges she has ALLEGEDLY practiced for years as an unlicensed psychologist, state authorities said Thursday. Louise Wightman, 46, of Hull, was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on several counts of filing false health care claims, insurance fraud, and larceny over $250, according to Attorney General Thomas Reilly’s office.
Wightman, who also was indicted on one count of practicing psychology without a license, has been summonsed to court for arraignment on Oct. 20.
Lucy Wightman, a former exotic dancer who used the name “Princess Cheyenne,” allegedly saw patients at South Shore Psychology Associates, a business she founded more than five years ago.
Reilly’s office alleged that Wightman has never applied for or received a license to practice as a psychologist in Massachusetts, which requires a doctoral degree in psychology from a state-recognized program.
Wightman, who has a masters degree in counseling psychology, is allowed to practice as a psychotherapist, which does not require a state license, the attorney general’s office said.
State investigators said most of her clients were school-age children and teenage girls with eating disorders.
Wightman’s phone number in Hull is non-published.
Update on the Lucy Wightman case
Lucy was convicted of larceny Friday for posing as a psychologist and treating patients for seven years.
Louise Wightman, 47, of Hull was found guilty on 19 of 25 counts by a Suffolk Superior Court jury after less than two days of deliberations. Each count carries a maximum five-year prison sentence. She was scheduled to be sentenced on May 14.
Let’s all keep Lucy in our hearts as recent tragedies have brought enough sadness in her life.
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Ken Savage
04/26/2006 at 2:07 pm
I’m not replying someone else is named Ken. If you don’t want to read it anymore don’t reply. Some people are getting something out of this website.
Claire
05/03/2006 at 8:46 pm
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/capetherapist3.htm
A friend of mine sent me this link regarding a woman in Mashpee who has been practicing as a pyschologist for 10 years without a degree or license. She was “posing as a psychologist” as well.
Ken Savage
05/03/2006 at 9:18 pm
Is it that easy to say you’re a psychologist and start charging people money?
How do they charge the insurance companies?
claire
05/04/2006 at 7:02 am
I am not sure how they get around the insurance companies. With Lucy, we always paid up front and then sometimes were reimbursed by the insurance company.
This other woman in Mashpee has practiced for 10 years without being noticed. Amazing.
If she helped some people, does it make it ok?
This story was a featured in the paper and she did not even have an interesting past…
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 7:35 am
and now more of the story will be told as things emerge and unfold naturally.
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 7:38 am
watch how his website changes, how his web archives are no longer available (”blocked”) but I have them ALL, how last week he was so many things and now he is not. Did any of you catch the video he fabricated? I think he finally took it off his web site given he used TV stations etc. Oh. I have that too.
Counter-stalking? Is this like countersurveillance?
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 7:40 am
Ken,
Notice the scary talking person on his site
today is named Ken (he will change it now)
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 9:07 am
yes he has changed it now – cool -
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 9:09 am
at one point his website said “you don’t know what lengths I will go to when Prof Lynn has been upset by you. See you soon Princess.” All on tape. All saved to disk etc.
his name is terence lynn
05/11/2006 at 12:51 pm
policestress.com is his website
Another phase of relief where I no longer need to fight being in a closet!! It is me, the me who has known how all along the story would emerge to tell the truth.
claire
05/11/2006 at 3:09 pm
I have no idea what is being said regarding Terence Lynn. The pertaining information was edited out so unless you happened to make a copy of the blog (I have better things to do) then you are in the dark. If Mr.Lynn is indeed a fraud, then he should be found out as well. It is wrong.
Perhaps Lucy should start her own Terence Lynn blog and keep things there.
Enough with the cryptic messages.
his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 7:51 am
terence lynn has a web site not a blog Carol.
his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 7:58 am
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his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 8:00 am
Terence Lynn is an expert witness in police psychology and has testified at the state and federal level on such issues. Terence has worked undercover with DEA, ATF, MSP, BPD, USCS, and many other agencies during his police tenure. In addition, Terence is an expert witness on psychological operations and terrorism psychopathology. Terence has been involved in over five hundred narcotic cases during his career. He has conducted over seven hundred emergency psychiatric evaluations. He is an expert witness on human deviance, narcotics, weapons, psychology, and psychometrics.
Professor Lynn is available to consult on police psychology.
…
his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 8:00 am
Professor Lynn also is afiliated with a PSYOPS Team for an Intelligence Agency of the US and travel is frequent.
his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 8:02 am
This summary was created using information submitted by this person.
Board Membership and Affiliations
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his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 8:03 am
“People are by nature diurnal animals,” said psychologist Terrence Lynn, a former Boston housing police officer, now a professor at LaSalle College in Newton, Mass. “They were not meant to work midnights.
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This, Lynn said, is where the biggest source of police burnout – boredom – comes into play.
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According to Lynn a study conducted by the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council found that 70 percent of police recruits who were married or in long-term relationships when they entered training were separated from their partners within 18 months of starting the job.
Lynn said the qualities that make cop effective on the street can be disastrous when applied to home life.
“As a police officer on the street, you expect that when you give an order it will be obeyed,” he said.
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Lynn and other police stress experts, however, contend that while critical incident teams can be effective in dealing with immediate trauma, the employee assistance programs meant to deal with more long-standing issues are rarely as airtight as officers might believe. Officers who go to employee assistance program social workers with serious problems, such as drug addiction or violent impulses, may find that word leaks out and they end up branded a “rubber gun,” a cop who can’t be trusted on the streets, and may be quietly assigned to desk duty for the remainder of their careers.
According to Lynn, many police officers, mindful that a reputation for mental instability is fatal to a law enforcement career, are justifiably reluctant to take advantage of any department-sponsored counseling service.
“My advice to cops, and this is unfortunate, is that if you need help, go outside the department, go outside the area, go outside the state if you have to, and just pay cash,” he said.
his name is terence lynn
05/12/2006 at 8:03 am
Expert witness Terence Lynn, a former undercover agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration who has studied psychology and criminology, testified that Woodall was not trained to deal with the psychological pressure of undercover work, was not rotated out of undercover duty and did not have direct supervision for two years before his arrest.
claire
05/12/2006 at 11:33 am
What does ANY of this have to do with Lucy Wighman?
his name is terence lynn
05/13/2006 at 12:51 pm
http://notapsychologist.com/index.html
his name is terence lynn
05/14/2006 at 10:24 pm
Ken – if you run into problems you know how to be in touch – there were some threats to you on a quickly vanishing blog this morning – if you live in a town that starts with D then Terry Lynn has you pegged and targetted – perhaps all talk – but I have copies of these as well – so do the police. Only way to stop a bully is to be strong.
Offshore
05/15/2006 at 11:56 am
Claire, it has everything to do with Lucy. You see, if she can distract people enough with the red herring of Terrence Lynn, two things will happen:
1. They’ll forget that the question is about whether Lucy acted illegally or immorally.
2. They’ll think that if other people did the same illegal and immoral things without getting punished, then Lucy is somehow OK for having done them.
Note the information that Lucy has posted about Lynn. First, there’s a large amount of it. This is intended to make people think that there must be some truth in her accusations — she’s presented so much evidence that she must be right. And with so much, how many people will really read it all, or look carefully at it to see if it is in fact evidence against Lynn? (Bear in mind that if it were evidence against Lynn it still wouldn’t be evidence for Lucy.) But if you do look carefully at it, an astonishing thing appears — it doesn’t show anything bad about Lynn at all. It says things such as that he’s taught psychology, or that he’s testified as an expert witness in forensic psychology. At no point does he call himself a psychologist. To make her posts more convincing, Lucy’s highlighted each time the word “psychology” or “psychologist” appears. Again, it’s unlikely that readers will go through the whole thing, and will just see they highlighted words pop out. The one time Lynn is called a psychologist, it’s by someone else. Compare this with Lucy, who called herself that.
So what it has to do with Lucy, Claire, is that Lucy’s trying to fool us into thinking that she did nothing wrong. Let’s not be fooled, OK?
claire
05/15/2006 at 1:58 pm
Oh I am not fooled at all. In fact my point in question regarding Terence Lynn was “who cares?” Of course Lucy is trying to smokescreen herself. If you look at her website, it continuously references witchhunts and the media. Blah, blah, blah. She did something wrong, she is deceitful and is trying to make Terence Lynn out to be a monster. Maybe he is. Not my problem since I have no idea who the guy is. If he is doing something shady, well he will probably be turned over to Fox25 news shortly. The continuous lengthy notes regarding him are tedious and you are right, I do not read them. No interest there. Perhaps Lucy is finding a lot of time on her hands.
If she wanted to contact Ken about a potential “problem” she could have done so privately. Of course, this is all about the drama. Please.
lucy torri wightman's mother
05/17/2006 at 12:28 am
thank you for your support. our daughter died yesterday at age 16.
all of you judgemental cold people form your own god damn club. i will stick to what matters. mind games. the truth will come out.
lucy torri wightman's mother
05/17/2006 at 12:29 am
the TRUTH ABOUT THE MIND GAMES and what has caused a human life to be lost – go away all of you – go to hell and rot
Ken Savage
05/17/2006 at 12:39 am
Show me this blog that something was written about me…
Annie
05/17/2006 at 10:07 am
To the people who continually post: Let it go…stop sensationalizing over these stories!
To Lucy: You have my heartfelt, deepest sympathies about the loss of your daughter.
Offshore
05/17/2006 at 12:32 pm
Lucy –
I am so sorry to hear about your daughter. No parent should have to go through that.
Chris
05/17/2006 at 12:40 pm
I thought I believed in the saying, “what goes around, comes around.” I no longer do. Just a few weeks ago I asked my (very wise) therapist, do you believe in the saying, to which she replied, not necessarily, why? I said because I’m going through some shitty stuff right now, and I don’t know what I did to deserve it. The answer is, I didn’t do anything to deserve it and surely neither did Lucy to deserve such horrific pain and suffering. All of our troubles pale in comparison. I agree with Annie, Let it go.
claire
05/17/2006 at 1:06 pm
Lucy, I am truly sorry to hear about the loss of Torri. No one should ever have to endure that pain. It is every parent’s worst nightmare. I am so sorry.
Old friend of Torri's
05/17/2006 at 9:53 pm
i knew Torri through the middle school years when she lived in my town. it saddens me to hear about her death, and although we were never truly close, it still hurt. i wish we were closer through those years, and even though we weren’t i knew she was one of the most carefree and quirky girls that i would know throughout my life. i just saw her about a month ago when i was out to dinner and it’s just weird to know ill never see her again. i hope you’re happy where you are Torri, and you will be missed, you’re on our minds in Hanover, Rest in Peace, and stay beautiful
TORRI IS MY DAUGHTER
05/20/2006 at 7:09 am
NOT TO LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING ROB US OF BEING FULLY PRESENT IN OUR CHILDREN’S LIVES NO MATTER HOW COMPLEX OR FRIGHTENING OR COMPELLING… MY CHILD … TRULY NO PERSON THING PLACE OR EVENT CAN TOUCH ME WITH PAIN NOW… A PERSPECTIVE NOW NO PERSON SHOULD HAVE TO SHARE PLEASE NOW LEAVE ME ALONE IF YOU WANT TO HARM ME BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
for torri
05/22/2006 at 9:05 pm
and to the individual who needed to say this on my blog: “Lucy, I met you briefly years ago and determined rather quickly that you have borderline personality disorder. The things you’ve said and done since that time have only proven my initial impression to be dead-on accurate.
May 22, 2006″
for torri
05/22/2006 at 9:07 pm
Internet Address: lifespan.lifespan.org/204.17.80.4
i am too tired to care who this person is who took on the challenge of trying to hurt me MORE but perhaps others are… others who could not imagine what kind of monster could bring him or herself to feast on a grieving family whose perfect daughter is gone.
for torri
05/22/2006 at 9:09 pm
ken – i gave the investigative teams copies of the blog entries, my hard drive, all of it. when I can get a copy I will send it to you, openly. what I will say is terence lynn posted this blog briefly, not knowing that his every move on the computer is monitored, but no longer by me. it is handed over to people who know what they are doing. please be careful.
a man named NANCY
05/26/2006 at 10:33 am
torri knew enough to have this on her my space… she knew
Lucy
06/24/2006 at 10:55 pm
Terence Lynn stepped over the line one too many times. He announced a new website called “torielivesinhell.com.” There will be a hearing on July 26 at 10 am – Hingham District Court to determine if criminal harassment charges are in order.
Ken Savage
06/24/2006 at 10:57 pm
I haven’t heard anything about this. Any more info I can do some digging.
J.J.
06/26/2006 at 8:32 am
Even as a parent of three, I can’t possibly understand what losing a child is like. I know that the possibility exists, and it scares the hell out of me.
I once maintained the “follow the money” philosophy regarding the topic that begun this page. I did overlook the fact that there are some people who become so obsessed with others that they can become dangerous. Seems like we have someone like that involved. Not good.
At the risk of sounding cliche’, I hope that some of the people involved gain some perspective.
Jerr
06/26/2006 at 1:07 pm
WHoever has that website has NO CLASS.
way to go shithead I hope you’re tracked down and prosecuted.
me
06/26/2006 at 4:51 pm
Lucy, that is sickening – I hope you did take him to court, I hope he is charged with harassment. It’s beyond having ‘no class’.
Really SICK.
Lucy
08/17/2006 at 2:22 pm
Ken,
I wanted you to be aware of this…
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Do people want to know where on Forest Park, Ken lives with family? How the hell does some moron think that they can remain hidden. Who the hell does one think they are to have some false information posted about someone from an ex-hooker. Did you not realize you put the life of a person’s family in danger? Did you not write about the sanctity of keeping a family safe. I would suggest you revise your blog babycakes.
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ex DOC
09/19/2006 at 1:09 pm
my father just retired from DOC. i just graduated from college, and i took one course from this creep terry lynn. my father knew terry lynn and nancy dizzio and lucy wightman where he worked. he says that lucy wightman was one of the most well-respected interns there and that she was not fired. she was forced out because this guy terry lynn and nancy dizzio spread information about her former dancing career and he saw the picture nancy was passing around. they all sat around laughing about it. terry lynn didn’t even work there at the time anymore. but my dad says he and this nancy person were obsessed, for very different reasons. so here was lucy all of sudden exposed in a building filled with sex offenders, nearing the end of her two years internship. most any of us would never have seen the merits of working with all those rapists etc to begin with, never mind stay after such a betrayal. my father says lucy has gotten a raw deal and has been witch hunted by weak and evil people. and that terry lynn was an odd duck, never had expression, was cold. he threatened her daughter, my father showed me the guys website before she was killed…
ex DOC
09/19/2006 at 1:12 pm
look at the threat he makes to ken>>> the guy is a creep and i hope he never finds ken or his kids
Ken Savage
09/19/2006 at 3:20 pm
Well if Terry Lynn or Nancy Dizzio wants to make threats to me maybe they should give me a call or email me.
I’ll be glad to give you my address and you can come over and threaten me to my face. Anyone who knows me knows that I love to talk.
Lucy is that guy contacting you about me? Are you sure you know who it is?
Lucy
09/25/2006 at 2:58 pm
Ken – I like your style. A lot. You know how evasive the internet can be, but yes, I am sure. Although he is clever enough to have it not stand up in court. One stupid thing he did do was to use one of those email anonymizers to email me about 12 times at once. What he failed to realize was that the footer at the bottom of every page said “P.S. This is a fake email address from IP ….” and that was what the police finally got him into court for. Now he has smartened up I am sure and goes to various “places” to do his cyberstalking. I would imagine the possibilities they both have given their prison experience and contact is endless in terms of who might owe favors etc.
Lucy
09/25/2006 at 2:59 pm
and who is this DOC person?
sarah
10/20/2006 at 8:13 pm
I dont understand all of this. I mean i Know all of these people you all are soo called trashing but its not true what you say. You all hear this one side of the story why cant we all hear all the sides instead of trashing everyone
sarah
10/20/2006 at 8:20 pm
people are saying that there is trash talking and such going on yet im reading all of this and that is what im seeing. maybe i dont know as much as i think about this whole thing but i know that people are saying things on this page that others are doing yet ……on other websites that i see yall are doing the same things back.
patience
10/28/2006 at 12:13 pm
With patience the law will uncover all of it. In fact, the law is watching this website and finds it very helpful.
Lena
05/04/2007 at 5:05 pm
I was a patient of Lucy’s in 2000 and 2001. I thought she was nice until she started charging my credit card for appointments we never had. I am angry over this finding and it explains why she is money hungry. I want everything I paid to her back!
Joanne Brown
05/04/2007 at 5:34 pm
I am attempting to get a message to Lucy. Approximately fifteen years ago I was a patient at a psychiatric facility. I was in a trauma recovery program suffering from issues as a result of sexual abuse I endured as a child. Lucy was an intern there at the time. Lucy, if you read this I have thought of you so many times over the years. Do you still have the painting I did for you? Remember of the ocean with the sand castle and lighthouse? Maybe bringing up the painting I did for you will trigger a memory of me for you. I came to depend on you while I was in that program. You were always so kind and caring to me. You helped me immensely. Do you remember the day I had a flashback and came running to you. You were so sensitive and knew that touching me was not the appropriate thing to do under the circumstances. You held one end of a towel and gave the other end to me to hold. You tugged it, helping me to feel a connection without invading me. I kept that towel for many years. I’ve thought of you so much over the years and wished that I could locate you. I wanted to get in touch with you to see how you were and let you know of my progress. I wear amber-patchouli oil! I always loved that scent you wore. I learned of the situation you are in on the news tonight 5/4/07. I searched more on the internet. I was surprised to learn what I did. To be honest I trembled inside for many hours. I guess that in first learning of your past and my past with the history of sexual abuse the two didn’t really tie in together very well. After speaking with friends I am calming now. I’m hoping that somehow you will see this. I want to say that we all do things in our past that maybe we shouldn’t have. Or that maybe others won’t think are proper. Something I have learned over the years and you were one of the people that helped me to learn this is that “we can’t change our pasts. We can only move from them and move forward.”. I will continue to appreciate everything that you did for me. I would really like to be in touch with you. If somehow you find this please do respond. I’m doing well and you are one of the people to help me get where I am. Take care of yourself Lucy. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Sincerely, Joanne Brown
Ken Savage
05/04/2007 at 7:05 pm
Look what’s getting dragged up again. Enough already people.
Good luck to Lucy and how do we get some of those Torri bracelets?
George
05/07/2007 at 1:54 pm
I am shocked there were not more (for that matter, now that I remember, there was not one) witnesses for the Commonwealth stating she charged for non-existent services! Usually behaviors like this have patterns. My therapist charges me when I don’t cancell within 48 hours unless he fills the spot left by my thoughtlessness. Of course in an emergency, he is understanding.
Joanne Brown
05/10/2007 at 6:11 pm
My heart goes out to Lucy. Her past is not our business. The Lucy I know is a kind, caring, nurturing, giving human being with a lot to give. I really don’t know much of the charges she is facing. I cannot believe Lucy would set out to hurt or take from anyone. I think that there is so much written about her out there that may put doubts in peoples minds, but don’t be fooled. Lucy helped me to see that we can’t change our pasts we can only learn from them and make a better future. She was doing this, she had done this! She helped me to be able to do it! I thank you Lucy.
It’s a terrible shame that due to the ignorance of others she was not able to complete her education. There are murderers and rapists out there! There are corrupt politicians and drug dealers! Damn, let her be!!
We are only here once and for a short time. Lucy has been helping others so that they, too, may lead better lives. Don’t take any more time away from her. Hey, give her the oppurtunity to finish her education. She can’t do this because she did things in her past that isn’t considered proper? Take a look in your own closets.
Lucy was there to support me and now is my turn to support her. I urge all of you that she has been there for to show your support. Put your words out there and help people to know who Lucy Wightman is!
Rhonda
05/13/2007 at 6:07 pm
Lucy
Will be praying for you as will Torri as it will be a very hard day for you.We all know you did help so many people.After reading their stories i have to agree you did no harm to anyone. Good Luck with everything. PS. You know you have a very special Angel watching over you through all this.
Ken Savage
05/14/2007 at 11:54 am
Anyone heard anything yet about the sentencing?
Joanne Brown
05/14/2007 at 3:23 pm
Louise Wightman, 47, of Hull, was given a suspended six-month sentence and five years probation. Suffolk Superior Court Nancy Staffier Holtz also barred Wightman from counseling.
Joanne Brown
05/14/2007 at 3:25 pm
I’m happy that she does not have to serve time in prison. I find it a shame that she is barred from counseling. My thoughts and prayers remain with you Lucy.
kplarian
05/17/2007 at 5:11 pm
I am happy she does not have to serve time in prison too. But licenses are licenses– and in order to maintain the integrity of an act that is performed (whether it is plumbing or surgery or driving a car), people who want the priveledge of performing those acts need to do what is required to get their license. Or don’t call themselves that title that requires licensure.
I agree that Lucy was good at what she did. That is why it is such a shame. But if we were talking about a surgeon who didn’t graduate med school, or a day care center that wasn’t licensed to take care of children, or an airline pilot who dropped out of school when it was learned he had worked at the golden banana before college….it wouldn’t matter HOW GOOD these people were at what they did…
Joanne Brown
05/18/2007 at 11:22 am
I do understand what you are saying…but should the pilot have had to drop out of school because he had worked at the golden banana?
kplarian
05/18/2007 at 10:54 pm
No he shouldn’t. and he wouldn’t. and if you believe that that is why Ms. Wightman dropped out of school then I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. Come on, Joanne–think it through with logic, not with some lie you have heard. This was a psychology school..and presumably she was a good student with a good performance record almost finished with her education. Psychology is predicated on the belief that a person has the capacity to change. Do you REALLY think this free-thinking school that cares about human development would have not worked with her if this was her reason for wanting to leave? I hope she won big in the lawsuit if that was really the reason….for being harrassed or not getting transferred to a new rotation or not getting protected by her supervisors or not getting a modified plan for finishing up or not being allowed to take time off and then return…. Or in the very least, I sure do hope she got her money back–for having been admitted in the first place if there was a rule that you couldn’t be there if you were ever a stripper. And I hope some heads rolled in admissions for THAT oversight–yeah. How could they have forgotten to tell Ms. Wightman that anyone could apply to their school except strippers???
George
05/23/2007 at 9:17 am
The possibilities are endless. Fact is – Ms. WIghtman testified on her own behalf, under oath. She was the only witness for her defense to speak of. The prosecution did not allow for much else. Not once was she tripped up on cross – she was telling the truth which was obvious to us and to the jury. This is why she was found not guilty on the weightiest charges. I should re-write this as she was NOT GUILTY on the WEIGHTIEST CHARGES. The coloring from her past colors how we fill in the gaps to the story. Her testimony was not found to be in contempt. You must let it stand on its own. Ms. Wightman stated she was working in a small private practice under the supervision of several licensed individuals to include Robert Fox LICSW and Karen Beason Patrick, a licensed psychologist with whom she formed a business, who was also a graduate of MSPP. Ms. Wightman further states that she was trying to finish her dissertation, had collected ALL of the data and had completed ALL of her coursework (yes it was admitted into evidence), and was railroaded, caught off guard, when she was confronted with being in private practice and as having been a stripper – the conclusion was made that she was therefore being sexually inappropriate with patients! She had to sit in a room with seven “psychologists” or people in the “helping profession” who were nothing short of humiliating. She was not the only person in the school to have a private practice. In fact, she mentioned a Danielle Detorra from Stow, Massachusetts, who was also being supervised by Karen Patrick, and who was STILL working as a stripper in Providence. Wightman had allegedly guided her so she could pay her tuition bills. She was not harassed. In listening to Norbett Mintz, Wightman’s advisor, on the stand, he contradicted himself blatantly! Maybe if Wightman had a more experienced attorney the Commonwealth’s witnesses could have been shown more obviously to not be telling the truth. The story is far from over, and is less about one woman than it is about human behavior, scapegoating and cultural norms and assumptions, not to mention the politcal process.