Someone Invented a Fake Therapist and Got "Her" Quoted in Tons of News Articles
Noor Al-Sibai
created: Jan. 23, 2025, 5:26 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.
<p>Brand Scam-bassador A so-called relationship therapist quoted in tons of articles and blogs appears, per a new investigation, to be completely made up. As writer Ashley Abramson reports for Allure, purported therapist Sophie Cress set off alarm bells almost as soon as she pitched the reporter using the now-defunct Help A Reporter Out (HARO) website. Though Cress set off alarm bells for Abramson — not least because her email address was associated with the sex toy review site SexualAlpha.com — the journalist eventually decided to respond to the would-be therapist's second pitch. When Abramson insisted that she could only conduct interviews […]</p>
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