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Woman wins lawsuit against hypnotist

AP, May 25, 2001
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LONDON (AP) -- A woman who said a stage hypnotist turned her into a "zombie" and drove her to attempt suicide won her lawsuit Friday.

Lynn Howarth told London's High Court that her problems began when she was hypnotized by Philip Green at a social club in northwestern England in 1994.

"I went to that stage show as a normal, happy, healthy, energetic woman and came out a zombie," she told the court.

Howarth, 40, said an age-regression skit in Green's act reawakened memories of sexual abuse by an uncle when she was eight. She said she later suffered from panic attacks and depression and twice attempted suicide.

"It was like the worst possible hangover magnified 100 times -- a continuous throbbing sensation and it was there for months and months and it never lifted," Howarth said.
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Green agreed to pay $9,000 US in damages.
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