The REALL News - July 1999

<body> <div id="main-title"><img src="/images/main-title.gif" width="329" height="81" alt=""></div> <div id="global-navbar"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about/">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter/">Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/letters/">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/calendar.html">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/links.html">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/search.html">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/email.html">E-Mail</a></li> </ul> </div>  <table border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td><font size="2"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_blank"><i><img alt="Get Acrobat Reader (712 bytes)" border="0" src="../../../images/logos/getacrobat.gif" align="right" width="88" height="31"></i></a><a target="_top" href="reall-news-v07-n07.pdf">Also available as an Acrobat PDF file</a> (8 pages, 190K file)<br> <i>You can download this issue as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. You will need the free <a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_blank">Acrobat Reader software</a>, available from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe's web site</a>, to view it.</i></font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><font size="2"><i>(<a href="index.html">Toggle Frames</a>)</i></font></p> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Volume 7<br> Number 7</b></td> <td><h1 align="center">The REALL News</h1> <i><p align="center">"It's a very dangerous thing to believe in nonsense."<br> -- James Randi<br> <br> </i></td> <td align="right" valign="top"><b>July 1999</b></td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" width="80%"> <tr> <th align="left">Features</th> <th align="left">Departments</th> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"><ul> <li><a href="bennett-braun.html">Update: Bennett Braun Case</a>,<br> by David Bloomberg</li> <li><a href="rosenfelds-acupuncture-story.html">Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's China Acupuncture Story Questioned</a>,<br> by Gary P. Posner, M.D.</li> <li><a href="book-recommendations.html">Book Recommendations</a>,<br> by David Bloomerg</li> <li><a href="from-there-to-eternity.html">From There to Eternity</a>,<br> by Bob Ladendorf</li> <li><a href="reallity-check.html">REALLity Check</a>,<br> by David Bloomberg<br> <br> </li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"><ul> <li><a href="chairman.html">From the Chairman</a><br> - David Bloomberg</li> <li><a href="editor.html">From the Editor</a><br> - Wally Hartshorn</li> <li><a href="masthead.html">Masthead</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td width="100%"><h2 class="articlehead">Update: Bennett Braun Case</h2> <h3 class="articlesubhead">Poznanski Settles; Agrees to Testify Against Braun</h3> <p class="byline">by David Bloomberg</p> <p>The story of Bennett Braun and his treatment of the Burgus family and countless others has never been a straightforward one. But now it has taken several new twists.</p> <p>As discussed in previous issues (Vol. 6, No. 8-10; Vol. 7, No. 2 & 6), the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation filed a complaint against psychiatrist Bennett Braun, a leader in the repressed memory movement. They also filed complaints against child psychiatrist colleague, Elva Poznanski, and psychologist Roberta Sachs. The Braun proceedings were originally scheduled to be in May, but they were postponed until November so the Burgus children would not have to miss final exams. Also, as of May 26, Brauns attorney had not provided any defense material to the prosecution, as is required. The administrative judge gave him until June 1 to provide this material, or else it would be disallowed in the proceedings. In response, Brauns attorney provided a little information, but asked for a 60-day continuance to provide the rest. This despite the fact that the attorney has had Brauns case since the civil trial (at least a couple years ago).<b> </b>The Sachs case has not been assigned a hearing date yet.<a href="bennett-braun.html"><img alt="More" border="0" hspace="2" src="/images/anthony/hpoint_right.gif" width="33" height="14">More</a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p>   </body>