Mistress found guilty of extorting married doctor

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Mistress found guilty of extorting married doctor

BSO employee guilty of extorting Boca Raton doctor she met on married dating website
Debbie O'Flaherty-Lewis threatened to expose affair unless he paid her $7,000
Author: Peter Burke, Managing Editor, pburke@local10.com
Shyann Malone, Anchor/Reporter, smalone@local10.com
Published On: May 07 2015 04:27:29 PM EDT Updated 5 m

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -
A Broward Sheriff's Office employee accused of extorting a Boca Raton doctor whom she met on a website promoting infidelity was found guilty Thursday.

Jurors returned a guilty verdict in the extortion trial of Debbie O'Flaherty-Lewis, 48, after just a few hours of deliberations.

During the trial, Dr. Benjamin Harow testified that he met O'Flaherty-Lewis on the dating website AshleyMadison.com. Ashley Madison bills itself as "the world's leading married dating service for discreet encounters."

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O'Flaherty-Lewis, who is a BSO child investigative supervisor, was arrested in August 2013.

According to a BSO arrest report, O'Flaherty-Lewis "maliciously threatened the victim over the phone and text messages" and threatened to expose his affair "if she was not paid $7,000."

Instead, the 43-year-old doctor went to authorities.

BSO detectives listened in on a series of the doctor's telephone calls with O'Flaherty-Lewis, who agreed to meet him to pick up the money. Video shows her accepting money from Harow.

Evidence found in O'Flaherty-Lewis' vehicle showed plans for another possible extortion attempt -- a letter to another man demanding money.


The defense argued O'Flaherty-Lewis accepted money from Harow as a gift, but Harow told police that O'Flaherty-Lewis used her skills as an investigative supervisor to dig up personal information on him, and threaten to expose their affair if he didn't pay up.

He said he wanted to end the affair, but O'Flaherty-Lewis did not.

"She controls him again and again and again," prosecutor Ryan Kelly said.

O'Flaherty-Lewis, 48, has been suspended without pay since her arrest. She faces 15 years in prison when she is sentenced June 19.
 
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