A doctor who appeared on ITV show This Morning could be struck off after a tribunal found he did give free Botox to a patient in return for sex.
Dr Tijion Esho has featured on numerous shows including This Morning, Morning Live and Lorraine, where he was interviewed by Lorraine Kelly‘s daughter Rosie.
Dr Esho admitted having an “improper emotional relationship” with the woman in question. He was accused of having enjoyed free sex chat with her that she would usually charge for via her OnlyFans account and webcams.
ITV This Morning doctor ‘had sex with patient’
The tribunal heard he had sex with the unnamed woman at one of his clinics in Newcastle before giving her free Botox. He then allegedly told her he could “get away” with giving her more in exchange for further sexual services. He denied all the charges.
The woman, known as Patient A, shared explicit photos and videos of herself, which she claimed Dr Esho would respond to with approving comments.
She originally visited cosmetic expert Dr Esho about a designer lip procedure. They had allegedly discussed doing a “skills swap”. This reportedly involved Patient A providing her “booty” in exchange for “mls” – a reference to millilitres of filler treatment.
Woman ‘played along to keep him sweet’
Under cross-examination by Dr Esho’s counsel, Mario Lambis KC, earlier this year, the woman claimed she had to “play along” with the situation and “keep him sweet”.
The woman “never envisaged” the consequences of the doctor being a client of hers at the same time she was his patient. However, over time she said that it “felt inappropriate”. She also claimed that he was “sexually objectifying and exploiting my job with impunity because he knew what he did”.
The tribunal heard that she eventually became “frustrated” after asking him to sign up to her OnlyFans. She said she did this to see if he was a “freeloader” or was just exploiting her.
Woman didn’t want a relationship with doctor on ITV show This Morning
It was also claimed that he was attracted to her, but she didn’t feel the same about him. She said she wasn’t interested in a relationship with him. In fact, she said that it was “just work” for her.
Dr Esho denied six of the 10 charges levelled at him. However, he admitted that he behaved inappropriately by exchanging messages with the patient. The messages were sent between July 2019 and February 2022.
He also admitted having an “improper emotional relationship” with her between July 2019 and May 2022. He also said that his conduct in relation to both allegations was “sexually motivated”.
It was alleged that he knew Patient A was “vulnerable” due to her profession, which he also denied.
Now, in a new update, the tribunal found him guilty of charges that he gave Patient A free Botox in exchange for having sex with her, and that he told her he could ‘get away’ with giving her more Botox in exchange for sexual services.
Tribunal findings
Others charges found proven include that he made inappropriate comments about her bottom during one appointment. Another charge claims he rubbed himself against her and took his penis out of his trousers and allowed her to perform a sex act on him.
However, a charge that the patient was vulnerable due to her profession was found not proved.
The tribunal will decide later this month (April 2024) whether Dr Esho’s fitness to practise will become impaired. If decided so, it could impose a sanction which could see him suspended or erased from the medical register.
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