Michigan psychologist pleads guilty to sex assault charges

January 15, 2018

Joseph Alex Jeney, a 64-year-old Michigan psychologist, pleaded guilty in a criminal case stemming from a relationship he had with a former patient.

The psychologist told told Ingham County Circuit Judge Jim Jamo he had consensual sexual contact in 2016 with a woman who had been his patient.

Jeney is scheduled to be sentenced on February 28 on two counts of fourth-degree sexual conduct.

SOURCE: Ken Palmer, "East Lansing-based psychologist pleads guilty to sex assault charges," Lansing State Journal, 11 Jan 2018, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/01/11/east-lansing-based-psychologist-pleads-guilty-sex-assault-charges/1025733001/.