American rapper Eminem once said,
"Be careful what you wish for 'cause you might just get it."
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That does happen.
We dream of great things, and when you realize it,
you regret you ever wanted it.
Let's bring out our first case today.
Bring out the litigants, please.
I was trying to find a solution,
but all I found was a man who corrupted me.
Everything is a process. Nothing is magic.
Hello and welcome.
Angela, you're the plaintiff in this case.
You're suing Luis.
Who is he, why are you suing him
and what do you request in order to settle his case?
Yes, ma'am.
Unfortunately, Luis is my business partner.
I'm suing him because I want him to vacate my property,
which I let him use for his regression therapy practice,
because he completely ruined my life.
He turned me into an improper woman.
-You? -Yes, ma'am.
He's very powerful, then.
Don't think he's that powerful, ma'am.
Let me explain what it is that this man does.
He gets people who have problems,
like myself...
My problem was that I couldn't undress in front of my husband.
In order to have sex,
we had to do it under the covers and with the lights off,
and we were married for 25 years.
Really?
I don't even know how we had three daughters.
You do all sorts of things under the covers, though.
Of course, ma'am.
What was your problem?
That I couldn't let him see my body,
whether it was in the shower or while getting dressed
or undressing...
You just couldn't let him see you naked.
No.
Your husband was a very patient man.
-We were married 25 years. -Wow.
I had a lot of patience too, because I wasn't happy either.
Right.
It ended our marriage.
We divorced ten years ago.
Three years ago, I met the love of my life.
He's a wonderful and magnificent man.
I didn't know what love was before him.
I know I'm old now. I'm 56.
Some people think that's too old,
but I don't feel old, so I said to myself,
"Why deny myself this opportunity?
If he's the love of my life, then why not take it?
I can still experience lots of things
that regular people can."
Sure.
So I sought out a psychologist.
I went to several psychologists looking for help.
I wanted to cure myself of this fear.
A very dear friend of mine, whom I love very much,
told me, "I know someone who does regression therapy.
He can help you."
I'm very Catholic though,
and that was keeping me from going
because I thought it was witchcraft.
Was no psychologist able to help you?
No, because I still had the fear.
I finally made the decision to go see this charlatan.
At first, I didn't think he was a charlatan.
He did help me.
I started going to therapy, and during one session,
I was able to see where that fear came from.
He told me that was the origin.
What was it? What did he say?
He was it was because when I was very young in another life,
some close relative of mine...
I was able to see it.
This relative would take all my clothes off
and would make me splay myself
and exhibit me in front of others in some room.
He was able to help me in three sessions.
-Three sessions? -Yes.
Impressive.
With my current boyfriend,
I started by turning the table lamp on,
then I was able to turn on all the lights
until I was able to show him my whole body and shower with him.
-I was so happy. -That's wonderful.
I couldn't believe I was doing that at 56.
-It was amazing. -Good.
Then I got a bright idea.
I'm a businesswoman. I own a shopping center.
Okay.
At that time, I had a vacant unit.
I went to talk to Luis.
I offered to start a business together.
I said, "I'll take care of your marketing and advertising.
I'll do everything.
You just worry about consultations."
Great.
The money that came in would first cover all the expenses
and then we'd split the profit.
Okay.
We wrote up a two-year contract.
-Did you bring it? -Yes.
-A two-year contract. -Yes.
Roberto, will you please bring the contract to me?
Go on.
So we started working and everything was great...
that is until his famous regression therapies
turned into a personal problem.
Why? What happened?
Because I'd try to force my boyfriend
to go to the nude beach with me
or to go to the grocery store with no clothes on.
I mean, my fear has gotten worse.
I'm making a superhuman effort to be here like this, ma'am.
With clothes on.
Yes, I want to rip this all off.
It bothers me. I can't stand it!
He drove me to the opposite extreme.
Do you think that's normal?
No.
That's the first trauma he's caused me to have.
He also ruined my reputation as a businesswoman.
How?
People know me as a demure and proper woman,
but this man...
And this came out in the newspaper,
which you have there.
They threw rocks at our locale
because a jealous man took his wife
to get therapy with this man,
and she ended up turning into a prostitute.
Goodness gracious!
"Yesterday afternoon, Sociedad Regresion a la Verdad
was apparently vandalized by an unhappy client.
The client claims he suffered damages
because his wife was unfaithful to him
with other men on various occasions
due to the treatment she received
from regression therapy specialist Luis Hernandez."
I asked him a million times to please vacate the unit
and end our partnership.
The contract clearly states
that we could dissolve it if either one of us
decided we weren't happy with the partnership.
He refuses though.
That's why I need your help in getting him to leave.
Did you try finding out
why you want to get naked all the time now?
-Yes. -That's the problem.
He says I have to go to therapy again,
but I don't want any more therapy.
You don't?
If in three sessions, he turned me into this...
right now I want to get naked in front of everyone
and you,
but I won't do it out of respect to you.
If I go back to therapy, what might happen next?
We don't live in a nudist world.
I can't live like this.
I don't live in a nudist society.
You don't.
You lead the patient to...
Is this done through hypnosis?
It's deep meditation.
You could call it "hypnosis," but...
It's not the right word.
Right.
It's a sort of meditative state
that takes the patient back and further back
until they get to past lives.
We've all had past lives,
and everything that happens to us
is because of our past lives.
So what happened?
I came here not too long ago.
She was one of my first patients.
It went very well.
-She was very satisfied. -Right.
She provided me with many things,
marketing, contacts, networks.
She told me she'd take care of everything.
She wanted to handle everything.
She said I only had to focus on the therapy.
-I was very... -Happy with that.
It was a lifetime opportunity.
Okay.
Things started out great.
The first eight months were perfect,
but then I started feeling like she'd changed.
I told her that this was a process,
that there are no miracles.
She came to three sessions and she seemed excited.
I told her that we needed to continue with the process
and do additional sessions, but she never came back.
So what happened?
Well, I started noticing that she was different with me.
We started having friction.
How could we not?
Strange things started happening.
Suddenly she told me, "I want you to leave."
Strange things started happening outside
like people complaining.
When I tried to see what was going on,
I saw that she started putting strange things on my website.
It was causing a major disruption...
I don't think so.
I brought evidence to show you what she started doing to me.
It was fine at first. We had clients.
I want you to see what she's doing right now though.
Okay. Let's take a look, please.
<i> I created a website</i> <i> for Mr. Luis Hernandez,</i>
<i> which I promoted because he</i> <i> was supposedly a "mentalist."</i>
<i> Today I'm here </i>
<i> because I have the moral</i> <i> obligation as a human being</i>
<i> to tell my followers</i> <i> to be very careful</i>
<i> because Luis Hernandez</i> <i> is a fake.</i>
<i> He takes advantage of people</i> <i> and takes their money.</i>
That's my business partner, ma'am.
I trusted her.
What I said is true.
She changed.
I'm not the only person who had a problem.
We've had many outraged people come...
The only person giving a testimony here is you.
I'm basically out of a job.
She scared all my patients away.
She got me my clients, but now she scared them all away.
We have a contract, a two-year contract.
It's right here.
I don't have a problem with leaving.
But you do want to be compensated someway.
Tell me something.
How long have you been doing this?
I have more than 18 years of experience
with regression therapy.
What do you need in order to do this kind of work?
What kind of qualifications or education...?
I took courses and read a lot, I practiced a lot.
A lot of patience and a lot of passion,
that's what you need in order to make sure your patients...
Are confused.
No.
I have a lot of experience both here and in Venezuela.
A lot of it.
Give me an example.
I have a witness.
-You brought a witness? -Yes.
Bring out...
I brought a witness too.
Bring out the plaintiff's witness first, please.
You're kidding me.
Good afternoon.
-What is your name? -Julian.
You're here in support of the plaintiff.
Yes. Hello, ma'am.
She's my girlfriend.
You're the love of her life.
She's the love of my life,
the woman I'd been waiting for for over 50 years.
She was a different person before meeting this man.
She went to see him and did therapy with him,
and now she wants to be naked all the time.
Hang on a second.
You were with her when she was afraid to undress.
Yes.
Wasn't that a problem in your relationship?
No, I was fine with it.
-She wanted to... -Make you happy.
-Yes, make me happy... -Okay.
...so that what happened in her marriage
wouldn't happen to us.
She wanted to feel free
so that she could enjoy being nude because it's wonderful.
He went overboard though.
Why do say he went overboard?
Why me?
Because she wasn't like that.
Do you all really think he's so powerful
that he could drive a person to the opposite extreme?
I saw how she changed.
In fact, I had a problem with my neighbor this morning.
He asked me if my wife was a prostitute.
Why?
He probably did witchcraft on me,
the supposed "regression therapist."
Why did he ask you that?
Because she's always in the front yard naked.
I feel the need to.
As if nudity were the same thing as prostitution.
I don't understand.
Very well, bring out the next witness, please.
His witness.
That way, please.
Good afternoon. What is your name?
Good afternoon. My name is Stephanie.
We're going to take a break, Stephanie.
When we
I went to see him because I had a fear of water.
If I went near a pool or a beach, I'd tremble.
I couldn't be near any of that.
My sister and I went to him for help.
I did ten sessions.
We did it...
Slowly.
Yes, and it turned out I drowned as a kid.
In a past life.
Yes.
Has it helped you not be scared of water?
Can you go to the beach now?
Yes, I'm even going on a cruise to the Bahamas in December.
That's wonderful!
Bring out the next witness, please.
Have the experts come out too.
Mr. Lucena and Mr. David Devapriya.
He's an astrologer... Hello.
What's your name?
Antonio.
He's your witness?
Who are you, Antonio?
I used to do the landscaping at her house.
I did that a year ago.
She claims that because of her sessions with Luis
that her condition's gotten worse.
When I was doing work for her a year ago,
I'd start work at 6:00 AM,
and whenever I'd go, she'd come out in her nightgown.
You could see her breasts and her butt.
She'd come out to the yard like that.
Excuse me, but you're just bitter because I fired you.
How can you say such a thing?
You're saying that before she went to any sessions with him,
she didn't have a problem being nude.
Not at all.
Excuse me, but you're saying things that aren't true.
You know it's true.
You're bitter because I fired you
because you were lazy and a good for nothing.
You expected me to continue paying you.
What was it you said to me?
"You're going to pay, you stupid bitch."
That's why you're here.
You made your point.
Is that what happened?
Yes.
Did she fire you for being lazy?
No, she didn't.
Why did she fire you?
Because you were employee of the month?
Good worker my foot.
Because I wouldn't have coffee with her.
Because you wouldn't have coffee with her?
Very well.
David, is there magic involved in regression therapy?
No. It's the opposite.
Regression is a type of therapy.
It's even recognized by the Board of Education.
A person must get a certification in it
and renew it every year.
As he mentioned, you have to study and read a lot.
There are exams you have to take
in order to keep renewing your license.
Sorry to interrupt, but he didn't show me his license.
I didn't see it.
You were my representative.
You said you'd take care of everything.
My website, everything.
I even asked you if you did your research
before going into business with him.
Businesspeople tend to be like this.
They're blind.
They're just interested in the potential.
They don't do any research.
Unfortunately for me, ma'am.
How does psychology see regression therapy?
Is it of any value? Is it useful?
It is considered serious?
Even though he has a certification or a license,
we don't do regression therapy.
We actually get patients who've done regression therapy
because the therapist
didn't fully understand human psychology.
It's not the same thing to look at it
from a regression or hypnotic process
than to understand what defense mechanisms are,
or what anxiety and depression are,
and how those things affect a person's mind
and how it makes them different.
That's our opinion.
My ruling.
I don't know what kind of businesswoman you are.
You have this way of defending yourself...
it's intense.
I don't have a problem
with the kind of work this gentleman does.
I've met people who've benefitted a lot
from regression therapy.
I tend to think the way Mr. Lucena does.
I don't know if we've had past lives...
I'm a Buddhist, and I believe in reincarnation,
but a lot of people don't.
If reincarnation is real, I doubt very highly
that we have any capacity in our current life
to remember our past lives, because if we did,
then we'd all be getting regression therapy
and there wouldn't be as many problems in the world,
the main problem today being conflict between humans.
You're saying I'm right...
Be quiet. I'm giving my ruling.
Let me talk, though!
No, it's over.
You already said what you had to say.
But...
You already said what you said to say!
He's a fake.
He's not a fake. You're the fake.
You were in a rush to start making money
and to fix your problems in three sessions.
Something that was a problem for 25 years of your life
won't go away in three sessions.
An intelligent person would know that.
They would know that.
-He fixed me. -He didn't.
You fixed yourself.
You got rid of your trauma.
You did it!
This partnership was to last two years.
If you don't want this partnership anymore,
then you have to pay him $20,000
for breach of contract.
And by the way, you defamed him.
You said negative things about him
without any proof to back it up.
You ruined his reputation,
which is how he makes his living.
He ruined mine.
You either pay him $20,000 and he can get out,
or this will remain valid
for as long as the contract is valid.
That's final. Case closed!
We'll take a break and be back with<i> Case Closed.</i>
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