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Dr. Fran Stanton was a psychiatrist who falsely mistreated patient Andrew Hingham for schizophrenia when she was subjecting him to sexual abuse.

History[]

When a twelve year old Andrew Hingham saw Stanton, she took advantage of his vulnerability and sexually abused him for years, claiming he had schizophrenia to continue the encounters. She eventually fell pregnant with his child. Stanton pressured Andrew to help her raise their child by stating he'd be no different from his own father if he left them.

Unable to bear raising a child, Andrew fell behind in school and was sent to summer school where he met a girl named Mallory Sidwell who he fell for, and it was reciprocated. They became a couple, soon pursuing a sexual relationship. However, Stanton had gave birth to his son and filled with jealously towards Mallory, filed a false report of rape on Andrew and told Sidwell's parents about her status as the "victim", further holding him captive in Stanton's regimens and separating Hingham and Sidwell from each other.

The Special Victims Unit later investigated her for malpractice and learned she has a child with him, which a DNA test confirmed. Stanton is then arrested for the statutory rape of Hingham, while in court she apologized to Andrew and stated she will wait for him. She was sentenced to twenty years while Andrew gain custody of their son and reunited with his mother and girlfriend. (SVU: "Conned")

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