--- description: An Ohio lawyer who hypnotized six female clients and controlled them for his own sexual gratification was sentenced to 12 years in prison. title: Lawyer Who Hypnotized Women For His Own Sexual Pleasure Sentenced to Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lawyer Who Hypnotized Women for His Own Sexual Pleasure Sentenced to Prison  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 5:26 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2016 5:26 PM CUT An Ohio lawyer who [hypnotized a half-dozen female clients](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/15/ohio-lawyer-hypnotized-six-female-clients-then-he-molested-them/ "undefined") and controlled them for his own sexual gratification was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. Michael Fine, 59, pleaded guilty in September to using hypnosis to take advantage of the women, some of whom had come to him for legal help following recent divorces, [_The Chronicle-Telegram_](http://www.chroniclet.com/cops-and-courts/2016/11/14/Victim-gives-searing-statement-as-Fine-receives-12-year-sentence.html "undefined") reports. During meetings with his victims, Fine would put them in a trance and order some of them to have orgasms on command or masturbate against their conscious will, according to the Washington _Post_. > [](https://twitter.com/E%5FBonzar/status/798183243652677632) The victims left the sessions with no recollection of the sexual commands and only remembered the legal matters discussed. Police launched an investigation into Fine after one victim came forward to say she had suspicions of wrongdoing during the meetings. “I went to Michael Fine with help in getting out of a terrible and abusive situation. I paid him to help me. He used my trust and his position as my attorney to gain information about my vulnerabilities,” one of his victims said in court, according to the _Chronicle-Telegram_. “He then used that information not only to protect and defend me, but also to manipulate, hurt and take advantage of me.” Fine had [pleaded guilty](http://nbc4i.com/2016/11/14/former-ohio-lawyer-sentenced-for-hypnotizing-women-for-pleasure/ "undefined") to five counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted kidnapping—each of which carries a sexual motivation specification. The married father was classified as a sexual offender and has been disbarred, the _Post_ reports. Fine’s wife, Aneta Fine, defended her husband and said, “this was something that came out of no where,” according to the _Chronicle-Telegram_. “He has been a loving husband and father to our two girls.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4571750/ohio-lawyer-hynotize-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4571750/ohio-lawyer-hynotize-women/"},"headline":"Lawyer Who Hypnotized Women for His Own Sexual Pleasure Sentenced to Prison","datePublished":"2016-11-15T17:26:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:25:31.321Z","description":"He put them in a trance before giving them sexual commands against their will","url":"https://time.com/4571750/ohio-lawyer-hynotize-women/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4571750/ohio-lawyer-hynotize-women/","name":"Lawyer Who Hypnotized Women for His Own Sexual Pleasure Sentenced to Prison"}}]}] ```