Therapist who ran NYC gay mens group busted for sexually assaulting 2 vulnerable patients

A therapist who ran a Manhattan practice catering to gay men was arrested for sexually assaulting two “vulnerable” patients, prosecutors said Thursday.Joseph LoGuidice, head of private LGBTQ therapy group Variety Practice, is accused of anally raping a 30-something victim in his office in November 2022, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Claudia Khoury-Yacoub charged.The horrifying encounter came after the patient — who had been attending therapy to cope with a recent sexual assault — told LoGuidice he didn’t want to have sex because he was recovering from surgery on his anus, according to prosecutors.LoGuidice, founder of Liberation Psychotherapy, allegedly began preying on the victim shortly after he became a patient of the therapy group in Fall 2022, Khoury-Yacoub said at a bail hearing in Manhattan court Thursday.During a therapy session, LoGuidice allegedly first made a “flirtatious comment” and leaned in and kissed the patient, Khoury-Yacoub said.“They entered the office where the defendant closed the blinds,” she said.There, the victim performed oral and anal sex on LoGuidice inside his office, according to the prosecutor.“He told complainant one to not tell his private therapist,” Khoury-Yacoub said.LoGuidice allegedly anally raped the victim in a separate incident in his office — before telling him to  “attend the other sessions….

[where] men there were hotter,” according to the prosecutor.The patient suffered panic attacks after the encounter and reported it on Aug.18, 2026, prosecutors said.LoGuidice is also accused of sexually assaulting a second patient, who had been seeking therapy for an abusive relationship in fall 2022, according to prosecutors.In that case, the patient said LoGuidice first made comments that made him feel “uncomfortable” by telling him he’s “attractive” and allegedly commenting on his penis, according to prosecutors.He allegedly kissed the patient in a bathroom at a therapy session on...