TV doctor gave patient botox in return for sex
A TV cosmetic doctor gave free botox to a patient in return for sex at his clinic, a medical tribunal has found.
Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’S This Morning, the BBC’S Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, had admitted to an improper emotional relationship with the woman, referred to as Patient A, with whom he exchanged “inappropriate” sexual messages on Instagram.
But Dr Esho told a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing that he never had any physical sexual contact with Patient A, who provided sex services via Onlyfans and webcams.
However, an MPTS panel sitting in Manchester ruled that Dr Esho did have sexual intercourse with Patient A at his clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2021 and administered botox free of charge.
It also ruled that he told her he “could get away with giving her botox in exchange for sexual services”. The panel also found that, at a consultation months earlier, he had stroked her hair and rubbed himself against her after he made inappropriate comments on the shape of her bottom.
A year earlier, at another consultation, he made similar remarks to Patient A, again rubbed himself against her, and allowed her to masturbate him, the panel determined.
Among the “inappropriate” Instagram messages sent to Patient A between July 2019 and February 2022 was an exchange in September 2019 when he said: “What you doing to me lol. Morning Glory. Bloody have me wanting the real thing. That’s like every man’s dream.”
In December 2019, he wrote “Lol loving the tongue” and “Ha free mls [millilitres of Botox] I’d need the whole booty and more”.
Weeks later he said: “My God having you for a night/every night is a dream but if we do it for mls I break the doctors [sic] code and I’d be a dead man x lol.”
The panel ruled the conduct was sexually motivated but did not find Patient A to be vulnerable because of her profession. The hearing will reconvene later this month to decide whether Dr Esho’s fitness to practise is impaired because of his misconduct.
Dr Esho is the founder of the Esho Clinic, which also has locations in London, Liverpool and Dubai, and has a host of celebrity clients. In a statement, he said: “I am truly sorry for those actions, and apologise to everyone I let down as a result. However I have always been clear that whilst my conduct in communicating with Patient A was wrong, I repeat categorically that it never crossed over into any physical sexual contact. Whilst I respect the MPTS and the process, I do not agree with its decision.”